# betterthan.tools — robots.txt
# Updated 2026-08-19

User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /data/
Disallow: /go/
Disallow: /go.php
Disallow: /cgi-bin/

# /go/ is the affiliate redirect router — never crawl or index it.

User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /data/
Disallow: /go/
Disallow: /go.php

User-agent: bingbot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /data/
Disallow: /go/
Disallow: /go.php

User-agent: Mediapartners-Google
Allow: /

User-agent: AdsBot-Google
Allow: /

User-agent: AdsBot-Google-Mobile
Allow: /

# --- AI crawlers: content may be used and cited ---

User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /data/
Disallow: /go/

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /data/
Disallow: /go/

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /data/
Disallow: /go/

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /data/
Disallow: /go/

User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /data/
Disallow: /go/

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /data/
Disallow: /go/

User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /data/
Disallow: /go/

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /data/
Disallow: /go/

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