# True Value Rankings - Robots.txt
# Updated: 2026-03-15
# Policy: Block AI training crawlers, allow search/retrieval crawlers

# === BLOCKED: AI Training Crawlers ===
# These crawlers scrape content for model training - no citation benefit to TVR

User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Disallow: /

User-agent: AI2Bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Diffbot
Disallow: /

# === ALLOWED: AI Search/Retrieval Crawlers ===
# These crawlers power AI search features - they cite TVR in responses

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

User-agent: DuckDuckBot
Allow: /

User-agent: MistralAI-User
Allow: /

# === STANDARD SEARCH ENGINES ===

User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

User-agent: *
Allow: /

# === SITEMAP ===

Sitemap: https://truevaluerankings.com/sitemap.xml