# Threaded Pear — crawler policy
# Welcome answer-engine crawlers (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini),
# block high-volume scrapers that don't send traffic back.

# --- Search engines ---
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Allow: /

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

# --- AI / answer-engine crawlers (training + live retrieval) ---
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: meta-externalagent
Allow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Allow: /

User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /

# --- Social preview crawlers ---
User-agent: Twitterbot
Allow: /

User-agent: facebookexternalhit
Allow: /

User-agent: LinkedInBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Slackbot
Allow: /

# --- Blocked: high-volume scrapers that don't drive traffic ---
User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Amazonbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ImagesiftBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Omgilibot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Omgili
Disallow: /

User-agent: DataForSeoBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: SemrushBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: AhrefsBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: PetalBot
Disallow: /

# --- Everyone else ---
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /account
Disallow: /account/
Disallow: /account-login
Disallow: /rewards/account
Disallow: /products/
Disallow: /unsubscribe
Disallow: /write-review
Disallow: /review/
Disallow: /cart/
Disallow: /apps/
Crawl-delay: 10

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