# Robots.txt for RankScience.com
# Optimized for SEO visibility and AI/LLM crawling
# Last Updated: August 29, 2025

# Allow all bots to access all content by default
User-agent: *
Allow: /

# Block only essential backend areas
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /*?*

# Explicitly allow major AI/LLM training bots for industry authority
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

User-agent: Baiduspider
Allow: /

User-agent: facebookexternalhit
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /

# Standard search engine bots
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

# Sitemap location
Sitemap: https://www.rankscience.com/sitemap.xml

Sitemap: https://www.rankscience.com/sitemap.xml