# ============================================================
# Nellie Supports robots.txt
# Purpose: Maximum SEO, Ads, AI Search, LLM and GEO visibility
# Site: https://www.nelliesupports.com
# llms.txt: https://www.nelliesupports.com/llms.txt
# Updated: 9 September 2026
#
# Note on structure: a crawler that matches a named group uses ONLY
# that group's rules, not the * group. So the three Wix system-path
# rules are repeated in every group. /_api/ is closed except the
# MCP endpoint, which stays open for agent access.
# ============================================================


# ============================================================
# 1. Core Search Engines
# ============================================================

User-agent: Googlebot
User-agent: Googlebot-Image
User-agent: Googlebot-Video
User-agent: Googlebot-News
User-agent: Google-InspectionTool
User-agent: Bingbot
User-agent: DuckDuckBot
User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /
Allow: /_api/mcp
Disallow: /_api/
Disallow: /*?lightbox=
Disallow: /_partials*
Disallow: /pro-gallery-webapp/v1/galleries/*


# ============================================================
# 2. Paid Ads Crawlers
# ============================================================

User-agent: AdsBot-Google
User-agent: AdsBot-Google-Mobile
User-agent: AdIdxBot
User-agent: BingPreview
User-agent: MicrosoftPreview
Allow: /
Allow: /_api/mcp
Disallow: /_api/
Disallow: /*?lightbox=
Disallow: /_partials*
Disallow: /pro-gallery-webapp/v1/galleries/*


# ============================================================
# 3. AI Search, LLM, GEO and User-Query Crawlers
# Full access for AI discovery, citation, answer engines,
# user-triggered retrieval and model-access systems.
# ============================================================

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
User-agent: Claude-User
User-agent: Claude-Web
User-agent: anthropic-ai
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: Perplexity-User
User-agent: CCBot
User-agent: Google-Extended
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
User-agent: FacebookBot
User-agent: meta-externalfetcher
User-agent: meta-webindexer
User-agent: Amazonbot
User-agent: Amzn-SearchBot
User-agent: NovaAct
User-agent: Bytespider
User-agent: Ai2Bot
User-agent: Ai2Bot-Dolma
User-agent: cohere-ai
User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler
User-agent: DeepSeekBot
User-agent: PanguBot
User-agent: Webzio-Extended
User-agent: Diffbot
User-agent: omgili
User-agent: omgilibot
User-agent: Timpibot
User-agent: GrokBot
User-agent: Grok-DeepSearch
User-agent: xAI-Grok
User-agent: AzureAI-SearchBot
User-agent: Google-CloudVertexBot
User-agent: GoogleAgent-Mariner
User-agent: Google-Agent
User-agent: Gemini-Deep-Research
User-agent: MistralAI-User
User-agent: DuckAssistBot
User-agent: quillbot.com
User-agent: Manus-User
User-agent: Claude-Code
User-agent: YouBot
User-agent: PetalBot
Allow: /
Allow: /_api/mcp
Disallow: /_api/
Disallow: /*?lightbox=
Disallow: /_partials*
Disallow: /pro-gallery-webapp/v1/galleries/*


# ============================================================
# 4. Social and Preview Bots
# ============================================================

User-agent: facebookexternalhit
User-agent: Facebot
User-agent: Twitterbot
User-agent: LinkedInBot
User-agent: Slackbot
User-agent: WhatsApp
Allow: /
Disallow: /_api/
Disallow: /*?lightbox=
Disallow: /_partials*
Disallow: /pro-gallery-webapp/v1/galleries/*


# ============================================================
# 5. Own audit tooling
# Semrush Site Audit crawls as SiteAuditBot, not SemrushBot.
# ============================================================

User-agent: SiteAuditBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /_api/
Disallow: /*?lightbox=
Disallow: /_partials*
Disallow: /pro-gallery-webapp/v1/galleries/*


# ============================================================
# 6. Heavy, Low-Value or Aggressive SEO Bots
# No effect on Google, Bing, ads or AI visibility. Blocked to reduce
# crawl load and competitor intelligence scraping.
# ============================================================

User-agent: dotbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: AhrefsBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: SemrushBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: BLEXBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: DataForSeoBot
Disallow: /


# ============================================================
# 7. Default Rule for All Other Bots
# ============================================================

User-agent: *
Allow: /
Allow: /_api/mcp
Disallow: /_api/
Disallow: /*?lightbox=
Disallow: /_partials*
Disallow: /pro-gallery-webapp/v1/galleries/*


# ============================================================
# 8. Sitemap
# ============================================================

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