# RKR Networks Blog - crawler policy
# Search engines are welcome. AI training, AI dataset and bulk scraping crawlers are not.
# Content use terms: https://blog.rkr-networks.com/terms/
# (c) 2026 RKR Networks LLC. No AI training or reuse without written permission.

# --- AI training, dataset and scraping crawlers: blocked ---
User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: CCBot
User-agent: Google-Extended
User-agent: GoogleOther
User-agent: GoogleOther-Image
User-agent: GoogleOther-Video
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: anthropic-ai
User-agent: Claude-Web
User-agent: Bytespider
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
User-agent: meta-externalagent
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
User-agent: FacebookBot
User-agent: Diffbot
User-agent: ImagesiftBot
User-agent: Omgilibot
User-agent: Omgili
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: cohere-ai
User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
User-agent: Amazonbot
User-agent: AI2Bot
User-agent: Ai2Bot-Dolma
User-agent: Timpibot
User-agent: PetalBot
User-agent: YouBot
User-agent: Webzio-Extended
User-agent: Webzio
User-agent: magpie-crawler
User-agent: img2dataset
User-agent: Scrapy
User-agent: VelenPublicWebCrawler
User-agent: Kangaroo Bot
User-agent: PanguBot
User-agent: Sidetrade indexer bot
User-agent: FriendlyCrawler
User-agent: ICC-Crawler
User-agent: iaskspider/2.0
User-agent: ISSCyberRiskCrawler
User-agent: Brightbot 1.0
User-agent: QualifiedBot
User-agent: TikTokSpider
User-agent: DeepSeekBot
User-agent: Andibot
User-agent: Factset_spyderbot
User-agent: Crawlspace
User-agent: SemrushBot-OCOB
User-agent: Cotoyogi
Disallow: /

# --- Search engines: allowed ---
User-agent: Googlebot
User-agent: Googlebot-Image
User-agent: Bingbot
User-agent: DuckDuckBot
User-agent: Applebot
User-agent: Yandex
User-agent: Slurp
Allow: /

# --- AI search and user-initiated fetches (not training): allowed ---
# OAI-SearchBot shows pages in ChatGPT search results with a link;
# ChatGPT-User fetches a page only when a person asks about it.
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

# --- Everyone else ---
User-agent: *
Allow: /

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