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# elotouch.com robots.txt
# ============================================================

# ----- Default rules for all crawlers -----
User-agent: *

# Faceted navigation (PHP-FPM load reduction — most important rule)
Disallow: /*?*filter_
Disallow: /*&filter_

# Magento system files
Disallow: /app/
Disallow: /bin/
Disallow: /dev/
Disallow: /lib/
Disallow: /index.php/
Disallow: /phpserver/
Disallow: /pkginfo/
Disallow: /report/
Disallow: /setup/
Disallow: /update/
Disallow: /var/
Disallow: /vendor/
Disallow: /*.php$
Disallow: /*SID=

# Low-value / duplicate content paths
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: /customer/
Disallow: /review/
Disallow: /catalogsearch/
Disallow: /sendfriend/
Disallow: /catalog/category/view/

# Catch-all for other query-string URLs
Disallow: /*?

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# AI TRAINING CRAWLERS — fully blocked
# ============================================================
User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: anthropic-ai
User-agent: Google-Extended
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
User-agent: CCBot
User-agent: Bytespider
User-agent: TikTokSpider
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
User-agent: meta-externalagent
User-agent: FacebookBot
User-agent: Diffbot
User-agent: Omgilibot
User-agent: ImagesiftBot
User-agent: cohere-ai
User-agent: PanguBot
User-agent: Timpibot
User-agent: img2dataset
User-agent: Brightbot
Disallow: /

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# AI RETRIEVAL BOTS — allowed, but same restrictions as humans
# (these fetch pages when users ask AI assistants about Elo —
# keeping them allowed keeps Elo visible in ChatGPT, Claude,
# Perplexity, Copilot, Alexa, etc.)
# ============================================================
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
User-agent: Claude-User
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: Perplexity-User
User-agent: Amazonbot
User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Disallow: /app/
Disallow: /bin/
Disallow: /dev/
Disallow: /lib/
Disallow: /vendor/
Disallow: /*.php$
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: /customer/
Disallow: /catalogsearch/
Disallow: /catalog/category/view/
Disallow: /*?*filter_
Disallow: /*&filter_

# ============================================================
# Partner crawlers
# ============================================================

# ELO-980 Zendesk Crawler — allowed to crawl everything
User-agent: Zendesk/External-Content
Allow: /

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# Sitemaps (global directives)
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Sitemap: https://www.elotouch.com/media/sitemap_default.xml
Sitemap: https://elosupport.elotouch.com/hc/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.elotouch.co.uk/media/sitemap_en_gb.xml
Sitemap: https://www.elotouch.fr/media/sitemap_fr_fr.xml
Sitemap: https://www.elotouch.de/media/sitemap_de_de.xml
Sitemap: https://www.elotouch.com.ar/media/sitemap_es_ar.xml
Sitemap: https://www.elotouch.com.br/media/sitemap_pt_br.xml
Sitemap: https://www.elotouch.com.cn/media/sitemap_zh_hans_cn.xml