# Global rules
# -----------------
User-agent: *
Allow: /wp-json/yoast/v1/schema-aggregator/
Disallow: /wp-json/
Disallow: /?rest_route=

# Block internal search results to prevent crawl loops and spam
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /page/*/?s=
Disallow: /search/

# Archive browse filters (theme 3.145.0): type, sort, month and title search
# ride on GET arguments so every state is a plain URL; crawlers stay on the
# unfiltered archive. The quiz page play flag is the same kind of URL.
Disallow: /*?type=
Disallow: /*&type=
Disallow: /*?sort=
Disallow: /*&sort=
Disallow: /*?month=
Disallow: /*&month=
Disallow: /*?q=
Disallow: /*&q=
Disallow: /quiz/?play=

# Block Cloudflare technical endpoints
Disallow: /cdn-cgi/bm/cv/
Disallow: /cdn-cgi/challenge-platform/
Disallow: /cdn-cgi/l/email-protection

# Start WPForms Block
# ---------------------------
Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/wpforms/
# ---------------------------
# End WPForms Block

# Sitemaps & Schema
# -----------------
Sitemap: https://sqmagazine.co.uk/sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://sqmagazine.co.uk/news-sitemap.xml

# Ban bots that offer no SEO benefit or scrape aggressively
# --------------------------------
User-agent: Nuclei
User-agent: WikiDo
User-agent: Riddler
User-agent: PetalBot
User-agent: Zoominfobot
User-agent: Go-http-client
User-agent: Node/simplecrawler
User-agent: CazoodleBot
User-agent: dotbot/1.0
User-agent: Gigabot
User-agent: Barkrowler
User-agent: BLEXBot
User-agent: magpie-crawler
Disallow: /
# AI bot access policy
# Content Signals: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/concepts/content-signals/
# search=yes (cite us), ai-input=yes (ground answers in our content), ai-train=yes (owner decision 2026-09-17: training allowed, we want to be cited).
# --------------------------------
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-json/yoast/v1/schema-aggregator/
Disallow: /wp-json/
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /search/
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=yes

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-json/yoast/v1/schema-aggregator/
Disallow: /wp-json/
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /search/
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=yes

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-json/yoast/v1/schema-aggregator/
Disallow: /wp-json/
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /search/
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=yes

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-json/yoast/v1/schema-aggregator/
Disallow: /wp-json/
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /search/
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=yes

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-json/yoast/v1/schema-aggregator/
Disallow: /wp-json/
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /search/
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=yes

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-json/yoast/v1/schema-aggregator/
Disallow: /wp-json/
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /search/
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=yes

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-json/yoast/v1/schema-aggregator/
Disallow: /wp-json/
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /search/
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=yes

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-json/yoast/v1/schema-aggregator/
Disallow: /wp-json/
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /search/
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=yes

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-json/yoast/v1/schema-aggregator/
Disallow: /wp-json/
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /search/
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=yes

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-json/yoast/v1/schema-aggregator/
Disallow: /wp-json/
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /search/
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=yes

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-json/yoast/v1/schema-aggregator/
Disallow: /wp-json/
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /search/
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=yes

User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-json/yoast/v1/schema-aggregator/
Disallow: /wp-json/
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /search/
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=yes

User-agent: meta-externalagent
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-json/yoast/v1/schema-aggregator/
Disallow: /wp-json/
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /search/
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=yes

User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-json/yoast/v1/schema-aggregator/
Disallow: /wp-json/
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /search/
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=yes

User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-json/yoast/v1/schema-aggregator/
Disallow: /wp-json/
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /search/
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=yes