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# AfterWave Tech Solutions — robots.txt
# https://afterwavetechs.co.za
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# Allow all crawlers
User-agent: *
Allow: /

# Block sensitive/checkout paths from being indexed
Disallow: /checkout
Disallow: /order-confirm
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /*.json$

# Crawl delay (be kind to server)
Crawl-delay: 5

# ── MAJOR SEARCH ENGINES ──────────────────────────
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 2

User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Allow: /

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 5

User-agent: Slurp
Allow: /

# ── AI CRAWLERS (AEO — Allow to build brand authority) ──
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /

# ── SITEMAP LOCATION ──────────────────────────────
Sitemap: https://afterwavetechs.co.za/sitemap.xml