# N Page Digital — robots.txt
# Strategy: allow retrieval/citation crawlers (they drive AI-answer visibility),
# block AI training crawlers (they don't help visibility, only feed model training).
# See project notes for the full reasoning — blocking citation bots would
# directly undermine the AEO/GEO goals this site is built around.

User-agent: *
Allow: /

# --- Citation / retrieval crawlers — explicitly allowed ---
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

# --- AI training crawlers — blocked (does not affect AI-answer visibility) ---
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /

# Sitemap
Sitemap: https://npagedigital.com/sitemap.xml