# Robots.txt for CookTimePro - Cooking Times & Techniques Guide
# Generated automatically during build process
# Last updated: 2025-11-01

# Default rules for all search engines
User-agent: *
Allow: /

# Disallow admin, API, and build assets
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /_astro/
Disallow: /dist/
Disallow: /.astro/
Disallow: /node_modules/

# Disallow search result pages to prevent duplicate content
Disallow: /search?*
Disallow: /*?q=*
Disallow: /*?search=*

# Disallow development and testing paths
Disallow: /dev/
Disallow: /test/
Disallow: /examples/

# Allow important SEO files explicitly
Allow: /sitemap-index.xml
Allow: /sitemap-0.xml
Allow: /sitemap*.xml
Allow: /robots.txt
Allow: /manifest.json
Allow: /favicon.ico

# Google-specific optimizations
User-agent: Googlebot
Crawl-delay: 1
Allow: /

# Bing-specific optimizations
User-agent: Bingbot
Crawl-delay: 1
Allow: /

# Yandex-specific rules
User-agent: YandexBot
Crawl-delay: 2
Allow: /

# Block aggressive crawlers that might impact site performance
User-agent: AhrefsBot
Crawl-delay: 10

User-agent: SemrushBot
Crawl-delay: 10

User-agent: MJ12bot
Crawl-delay: 10

# Allow social media crawlers for sharing
User-agent: facebookexternalhit/1.1
Allow: /

User-agent: Twitterbot
Allow: /

User-agent: LinkedInBot
Allow: /

User-agent: WhatsApp
Allow: /

# HTTPS enforcement directives
# Force HTTPS for all crawler requests to improve SEO ranking
User-agent: *
Request-rate: 1/1
Visit-time: 0100-2300

# Sitemap locations (HTTPS enforced)
Sitemap: https://cooktimepro.com/sitemap-index.xml

# Host directive (canonical HTTPS domain)
Host: cooktimepro.com

# General crawl delay (in seconds) 
Crawl-delay: 1