# robots.txt for Ralph Rebandt for Governor of Michigan
# Updated: 2025-11-05
# Welcomes ALL search engines and AI crawlers worldwide

# ==================================================
# MAJOR AI ASSISTANTS & LLMs
# ==================================================
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 1

User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 1

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 1

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 1

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 1

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 1

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 1

User-agent: Anthropic
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 1

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# GOOGLE AI SERVICES
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User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 1

User-agent: GoogleOther
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 1

User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Allow: /

User-agent: Googlebot-News
Allow: /

User-agent: Googlebot-Video
Allow: /

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# BING & MICROSOFT AI
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User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

User-agent: BingPreview
Allow: /

User-agent: msnbot
Allow: /

User-agent: msnbot-media
Allow: /

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# META AI
# ==================================================
User-agent: FacebookBot
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 2

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

User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 2

User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 2

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# AMAZON AI (ALEXA)
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User-agent: ia_archiver
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 2

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

# ==================================================
# APPLE INTELLIGENCE
# ==================================================
User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 1

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 1

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# BYTEDANCE/TIKTOK AI
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User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 2

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

# ==================================================
# BAIDU (CHINA)
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User-agent: Baiduspider
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 2

User-agent: Baiduspider-image
Allow: /

User-agent: Baiduspider-video
Allow: /

# ==================================================
# YANDEX (RUSSIA)
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User-agent: YandexBot
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 2

User-agent: YandexImages
Allow: /

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# DUCKDUCKGO
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User-agent: DuckDuckBot
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 1

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# AI RESEARCH & TRAINING
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User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 2

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

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

User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 1

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

# ==================================================
# ACADEMIC & RESEARCH CRAWLERS
# ==================================================
User-agent: semanticscholar
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 3

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

# ==================================================
# VOICE ASSISTANTS
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User-agent: SiriBot
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 1

User-agent: AlexaBot
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 1

# ==================================================
# SOCIAL MEDIA CRAWLERS
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User-agent: Twitterbot
Allow: /

User-agent: LinkedInBot
Allow: /

User-agent: PinterestBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Slackbot
Allow: /

User-agent: TelegramBot
Allow: /

User-agent: WhatsApp
Allow: /

User-agent: DiscordBot
Allow: /

# ==================================================
# COMMON WEB CRAWLERS
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User-agent: Slurp
Allow: /

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

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

# ==================================================
# ALL OTHER BOTS
# ==================================================
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 5

# ==================================================
# RESTRICTED AREAS
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Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /tools/
Disallow: /schemas/

# ==================================================
# SITEMAP LOCATIONS
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Sitemap: https://rebandtforgovernor.com/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://rebandtforgovernor.com/sitemap_index.xml

# ==================================================
# AI/LLM CONTENT (Explicitly for AI Understanding)
# ==================================================
# Structured campaign information for AI training
Allow: /llms.txt

# Human-readable credits
Allow: /humans.txt