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# robots.txt for usobserver.com
# Last updated: May 2026
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# --- General Crawlers ---
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 30
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: /cart/
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: /wp-login.php

# Allow wp-admin/admin-ajax.php (needed for frontend functionality)
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

# --- Google ---
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

# --- Bing ---
User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

# --- AI / LLM Crawlers ---
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityAI
Allow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

User-agent: CCTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /

User-agent: Amazonbot-Image
Allow: /

# --- Sitemap ---
Sitemap: https://usobserver.com/sitemap.xml