# JobLadda robots.txt
# Source: https://jobladda.com
# Allow all search engines and AI/LLM crawlers to index public pages.
# Block private app routes.

# ── Search engines ───────────────────────────────────────────────
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /admin-dashboard
Disallow: /auth

User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Allow: /

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /admin-dashboard
Disallow: /auth

User-agent: DuckDuckBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /admin-dashboard
Disallow: /auth

User-agent: YandexBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /admin-dashboard
Disallow: /auth

User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /admin-dashboard
Disallow: /auth

# ── Social previews ──────────────────────────────────────────────
User-agent: Twitterbot
Allow: /

User-agent: facebookexternalhit
Allow: /

User-agent: LinkedInBot
Allow: /

User-agent: WhatsApp
Allow: /

User-agent: Slackbot
Allow: /

# ── AI / LLM crawlers (training + retrieval) ─────────────────────
# We explicitly opt-in so JobLadda content powers AI answers about
# careers, CVs, jobs and African talent.
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /admin-dashboard

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /admin-dashboard

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /

User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: Diffbot
Allow: /

User-agent: FacebookBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Allow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
Allow: /

User-agent: MistralAI-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Timpibot
Allow: /

User-agent: Webzio-Extended
Allow: /

# ── Default catch-all ────────────────────────────────────────────
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /admin-dashboard
Disallow: /auth

# ── Sitemaps (tiered crawl strategy) ─────────────────────────────
# Priority tier indexed first, then Secondary, then Longtail.
Sitemap: https://jobladda.com/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://jobladda.com/sitemap-priority.xml
Sitemap: https://jobladda.com/sitemap-secondary.xml
Sitemap: https://jobladda.com/sitemap-longtail.xml