# TutorsGallery.org Robots.txt
# Last updated: 2026-05-08

# Primary Search Engines
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 1

User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Allow: /

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 2

User-agent: Slurp
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 2

User-agent: DuckDuckBot
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 2

User-agent: Baiduspider
Allow: /

User-agent: YandexBot
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 3

# Social Media Crawlers
User-agent: Twitterbot
Allow: /

User-agent: facebookexternalhit
Allow: /

User-agent: LinkedInBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Pinterest
Allow: /

# AI Crawlers - Welcome them for better AI visibility
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

# Default - Allow all
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 5

# Explicitly allow key service landing pages (for clarity)
Allow: /assignment-help
Allow: /dissertation-help
Allow: /coursework-help
Allow: /research-papers
Allow: /online-class-help
Allow: /assignment-help-uk
Allow: /assignment-help-online
Allow: /assignment-help-free
Allow: /ai-assignment-help
Allow: /essay-writing-help
Allow: /dissertation-help-online
Allow: /quiz-help
Allow: /uk
Allow: /faq
Allow: /faq/

# Disallow admin/private paths
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /*.json$
Disallow: /*?*
Disallow: /orders/

# Sitemaps
Sitemap: https://tutorsgallery.org/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://tutorsgallery.org/sitemap-pages.xml
Sitemap: https://tutorsgallery.org/sitemap-blog.xml
Sitemap: https://tutorsgallery.org/sitemap-faq.xml

# Host directive
Host: https://tutorsgallery.org