# Arch Lending Robots.txt
# https://archlending.com
# Last updated: February 2026

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# DEFAULT RULES
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User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /_next/
Disallow: /private/

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# AI SEARCH BOTS (surface Arch in AI search results)
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User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /

User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /

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# AI TRAINING CRAWLERS (ensures accurate AI responses)
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User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: DeepSeekBot
Allow: /

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# SEO TOOLS (ALLOWED)
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User-agent: SemrushBot
Allow: /

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# RATE-LIMITED CRAWLERS
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User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Allow: /

User-agent: FacebookBot
Allow: /

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# BLOCKED CRAWLERS (aggressive scrapers, no benefit)
# ===========================================

User-agent: AhrefsBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: DotBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: BLEXBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: DataForSeoBot
Disallow: /

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# SITEMAP
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Sitemap: https://archlending.com/sitemap.xml