# robots.txt for gcblindsandshutters.com.au
# Updated 2026-05-03 — full SEO + AI-search optimisation pass

# -- Default crawler policy --
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-login.php
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
Disallow: /*feed
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /cart/
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: /my-account/
Disallow: /*?add-to-cart=
Disallow: /*?orderby=
Disallow: /*?filter*
Disallow: /*?attribute_*
Disallow: /*?wc-ajax=

# -- AI / LLM crawlers — explicitly welcomed for AI-search visibility --
# (we want to appear in ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini and SGE answers)

User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Allow: /

User-agent: MistralAI-User
Allow: /

User-agent: meta-externalagent
Allow: /

# -- Sitemaps --
Sitemap: https://gcblindsandshutters.com.au/sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://gcblindsandshutters.com.au/page-sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://gcblindsandshutters.com.au/post-sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://gcblindsandshutters.com.au/product-sitemap.xml

# -- LLM context file --
# Human/LLM-readable site map and key business facts:
# https://gcblindsandshutters.com.au/llms.txt