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# robots.txt — generalcontractornyc.net
# Updated: June 2026
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# ── SEARCH ENGINES ──────────────────────────────────────────

User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Allow: /wp-includes/
Allow: /wp-content/
Disallow: /wp-admin/

User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Allow: /wp-content/uploads/

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Allow: /wp-includes/
Allow: /wp-content/
Disallow: /wp-admin/

User-agent: Slurp
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Allow: /wp-includes/
Disallow: /wp-admin/

User-agent: DuckDuckBot
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Allow: /wp-includes/
Disallow: /wp-admin/

User-agent: Baiduspider
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Allow: /wp-includes/
Disallow: /wp-admin/

User-agent: YandexBot
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Allow: /wp-includes/
Disallow: /wp-admin/


# ── AI CRAWLERS & TOOLS ─────────────────────────────────────

# OpenAI / ChatGPT
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

# Anthropic / Claude
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

# Google AI (Gemini, AI Overviews)
User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

# Perplexity
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

# Meta AI
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Allow: /

User-agent: facebookexternalhit
Allow: /

# Microsoft Copilot / Bing AI
User-agent: msnbot
Allow: /wp-includes/
Allow: /wp-content/
Disallow: /wp-admin/

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

# Amazon Alexa / Amazonbot
User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /

# You.com
User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /

# Cohere
User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /

# Common Crawl (used by AI training datasets)
User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

# Bytedance / TikTok
User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /

# Apple
User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

# Applebot-Extended (Apple AI / Siri)
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /


# ── SOCIAL MEDIA LINK PREVIEWS ──────────────────────────────

User-agent: Twitterbot
Allow: /

User-agent: LinkedInBot
Allow: /

User-agent: WhatsApp
Allow: /

User-agent: Slackbot
Allow: /

User-agent: Discordbot
Allow: /


# ── ALL OTHER CRAWLERS (default) ────────────────────────────

User-agent: *
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Allow: /wp-includes/
Allow: /wp-content/uploads/
Allow: /wp-content/themes/
Allow: /wp-content/plugins/
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-login.php
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /feed/
Disallow: /comments/feed/
Disallow: /trackback/
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: /tmp/


# ── SITEMAPS ────────────────────────────────────────────────

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