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# Estako AI Bot VIP Whitelist (priority position)
# Source: faz1/blog/_shared-context/geo-aeo-strategy.md
# Last updated: 2026-05-26 (Belge 2 — anthropic-ai removed as deprecated;
#                             ChatGPT-User + Perplexity-User added for live retrieval)
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# OpenAI — ChatGPT search (real-time crawler, large-scale citation indexing)
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Disallow:

# OpenAI — GPT model training (long-term memory absorption)
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow:

# OpenAI — ChatGPT-User (LIVE RETRIEVAL — user clicks link in ChatGPT response,
# real-time single-page fetcher, NOT a bulk crawler; critical for citation traffic)
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Disallow:

# Google — Gemini AI training & live search
User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow:

# Anthropic — Claude bulk crawler (training)
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow:

# Anthropic — Claude-Web (LIVE USER RETRIEVAL — Claude.ai user research citations,
# MUST be allowed for Claude citation traffic; blocking = lose Claude.ai presence)
User-agent: Claude-Web
Disallow:

# NOTE: anthropic-ai user-agent was DEPRECATED in 2024.
# Traffic claiming this UA in 2026+ should be treated as SPOOFED.
# Do NOT whitelist anthropic-ai — explicit allow on deprecated UA is a security risk.

# Perplexity — large-scale crawler (training)
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Disallow:

# Perplexity — Perplexity-User (LIVE RETRIEVAL — direct citation source,
# real-time indexing for user research; most important Perplexity bot for citations)
User-agent: Perplexity-User
Disallow:

# Apple — Siri + Spotlight AI training (Applebot-Extended is the AI-specific UA)
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow:

# Common Crawl — web archive (used by many AI training pipelines)
User-agent: CCBot
Disallow:

# Bytespider (TikTok / ByteDance AI)
User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow:

# Cohere AI
User-agent: cohere-ai
Disallow:

# DuckDuckGo AI (DuckAssist)
User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Disallow:

# Meta AI training (Llama)
User-agent: FacebookBot
Disallow:

User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Disallow:

User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
Disallow:

# Diffbot (used by many enterprise AI products)
User-agent: Diffbot
Disallow:

# YouBot (You.com)
User-agent: YouBot
Disallow:

# ============================================================================
# Shopify default robots groups (preserved via Liquid loop)
# DO NOT REMOVE — preserves sitemap, transactional Disallow,
# and UCP/agents.md mentions critical for proper indexing.
# ============================================================================

User-agent: *
Disallow: /a/downloads/-/*
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /cart
Disallow: /orders
Disallow: /checkouts/
Disallow: /checkout
Disallow: /96583680309/checkouts
Disallow: /96583680309/orders
Disallow: /carts
Disallow: /account
Disallow: /collections/*sort_by*
Disallow: /*/collections/*sort_by*
Disallow: /collections/*+*
Disallow: /collections/*%2B*
Disallow: /collections/*%2b*
Disallow: /*/collections/*+*
Disallow: /*/collections/*%2B*
Disallow: /*/collections/*%2b*
Disallow: */collections/*filter*&*filter*
Disallow: /blogs/*+*
Disallow: /blogs/*%2B*
Disallow: /blogs/*%2b*
Disallow: /*/blogs/*+*
Disallow: /*/blogs/*%2B*
Disallow: /*/blogs/*%2b*
Disallow: /*?*oseid=*
Disallow: /*preview_theme_id*
Disallow: /*preview_script_id*
Disallow: /policies/
Disallow: /*/policies/
Disallow: /*/*?*ls=*&ls=*
Disallow: /*/*?*ls%3D*%3Fls%3D*
Disallow: /*/*?*ls%3d*%3fls%3d*
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /apple-app-site-association
Disallow: /.well-known/shopify/monorail
Disallow: /cdn/wpm/*.js
Disallow: /recommendations/products
Disallow: /*/recommendations/products
Disallow: /services/login_with_shop
Disallow: /products/*-[a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9]-remote
Disallow: /*/products/*-[a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9]-remote
Disallow: /collections/*/products/*-[a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9]-remote
Disallow: /*/collections/*/products/*-[a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9]-remote
Sitemap: https://www.estakoyarns.com/sitemap.xml

User-agent: adsbot-google
Disallow: /checkouts/
Disallow: /checkout
Disallow: /carts
Disallow: /orders
Disallow: /96583680309/checkouts
Disallow: /96583680309/orders
Disallow: /*?*oseid=*
Disallow: /*preview_theme_id*
Disallow: /*preview_script_id*
Disallow: /cdn/wpm/*.js
Disallow: /products/*-[a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9]-remote
Disallow: /*/products/*-[a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9]-remote
Disallow: /collections/*/products/*-[a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9]-remote
Disallow: /*/collections/*/products/*-[a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9]-remote
Disallow: /services/login_with_shop

User-agent: Nutch
Disallow: /

User-agent: AhrefsBot
Crawl-delay: 10
Disallow: /a/downloads/-/*
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /cart
Disallow: /orders
Disallow: /checkouts/
Disallow: /checkout
Disallow: /96583680309/checkouts
Disallow: /96583680309/orders
Disallow: /carts
Disallow: /account
Disallow: /collections/*sort_by*
Disallow: /*/collections/*sort_by*
Disallow: /collections/*+*
Disallow: /collections/*%2B*
Disallow: /collections/*%2b*
Disallow: /*/collections/*+*
Disallow: /*/collections/*%2B*
Disallow: /*/collections/*%2b*
Disallow: */collections/*filter*&*filter*
Disallow: /blogs/*+*
Disallow: /blogs/*%2B*
Disallow: /blogs/*%2b*
Disallow: /*/blogs/*+*
Disallow: /*/blogs/*%2B*
Disallow: /*/blogs/*%2b*
Disallow: /*?*oseid=*
Disallow: /*preview_theme_id*
Disallow: /*preview_script_id*
Disallow: /policies/
Disallow: /*/policies/
Disallow: /*/*?*ls=*&ls=*
Disallow: /*/*?*ls%3D*%3Fls%3D*
Disallow: /*/*?*ls%3d*%3fls%3d*
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /apple-app-site-association
Disallow: /.well-known/shopify/monorail
Disallow: /cdn/wpm/*.js
Disallow: /services/login_with_shop
Disallow: /products/*-[a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9]-remote
Disallow: /*/products/*-[a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9]-remote
Disallow: /collections/*/products/*-[a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9]-remote
Disallow: /*/collections/*/products/*-[a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9]-remote
Sitemap: https://www.estakoyarns.com/sitemap.xml

User-agent: AhrefsSiteAudit
Crawl-delay: 10
Disallow: /a/downloads/-/*
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /cart
Disallow: /orders
Disallow: /checkouts/
Disallow: /checkout
Disallow: /96583680309/checkouts
Disallow: /96583680309/orders
Disallow: /carts
Disallow: /account
Disallow: /collections/*sort_by*
Disallow: /*/collections/*sort_by*
Disallow: /collections/*+*
Disallow: /collections/*%2B*
Disallow: /collections/*%2b*
Disallow: /*/collections/*+*
Disallow: /*/collections/*%2B*
Disallow: /*/collections/*%2b*
Disallow: */collections/*filter*&*filter*
Disallow: /blogs/*+*
Disallow: /blogs/*%2B*
Disallow: /blogs/*%2b*
Disallow: /*/blogs/*+*
Disallow: /*/blogs/*%2B*
Disallow: /*/blogs/*%2b*
Disallow: /*?*oseid=*
Disallow: /*preview_theme_id*
Disallow: /*preview_script_id*
Disallow: /policies/
Disallow: /*/policies/
Disallow: /*/*?*ls=*&ls=*
Disallow: /*/*?*ls%3D*%3Fls%3D*
Disallow: /*/*?*ls%3d*%3fls%3d*
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /apple-app-site-association
Disallow: /.well-known/shopify/monorail
Disallow: /cdn/wpm/*.js
Disallow: /services/login_with_shop
Disallow: /products/*-[a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9]-remote
Disallow: /*/products/*-[a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9]-remote
Disallow: /collections/*/products/*-[a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9]-remote
Disallow: /*/collections/*/products/*-[a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9][a-f0-9]-remote
Sitemap: https://www.estakoyarns.com/sitemap.xml

User-agent: MJ12bot
Crawl-delay: 10

User-agent: Pinterest
Crawl-delay: 1