# robots.txt - intelligentvehiclefinance.co.uk
# Last updated: 26 August 2026

# Default: allow everything except admin/internal paths
User-agent: *
Disallow: /umbraco/
Disallow: /api/
Allow: /api/carresults/
Allow: /api/vanresults/
Allow: /api/home/
Disallow: /search?
Disallow: /*?
Allow: /*?page=
Disallow: /*?page=*&
Allow: /generated-less/
Allow: /dist/
Allow: /media/
Allow: /

# Explicit allow - AI search bots (citation targets)
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: Google-Extended
Allow: /

# Explicit allow - AI training/entity bots
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: meta-externalagent
Allow: /

# Disallow - low-value scrapers
User-agent: Amazonbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

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