# robots.txt — whatsthedamage.com.au
# Updated March 2026

# ── Standard crawlers ──
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /thankyou/
Disallow: /l/

Sitemap: https://whatsthedamage.com.au/sitemap.xml

# ── LLM & AI crawlers — explicitly welcomed ──
# These crawlers are permitted full access to support AI-powered
# answers about Australian home service pricing.

User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Gemini
Allow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Allow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
Allow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /

User-agent: GrokBot
Allow: /

# ── AI-specific files ──
# llms.txt: https://whatsthedamage.com.au/llms.txt
# sitemap: https://whatsthedamage.com.au/sitemap.xml

# ── Blocked crawlers ──
# ByteDance crawlers (Bytespider + TikTokSpider) blocked: zero SEO/traffic
# value for AU home services, known aggressive crawling, their LLMs serve
# Chinese-language market only. Hard-blocked at edge level as backup.

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

User-agent: TikTokSpider
Disallow: /