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# HiredAI Robots.txt
# Optimized for SEO + AI citation
# Last updated: 2026-05-31
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# --- Global Rules (applies to ALL bots unless overridden) ---
User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-login.php
Disallow: /wp-includes/
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: /readme.html
Disallow: /license.txt
Disallow: /trackback/
Disallow: /*/trackback/
Disallow: /comments/feed/
Disallow: /author/
Disallow: /author/*/feed/
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /*?s=
Disallow: /*?utm_*
Disallow: /*?gclid=*
Disallow: /*?fbclid=*
Disallow: /*?msclkid=*
Disallow: /*?ref=*
Disallow: /*?from=*
Disallow: /*?_ga=*
Disallow: /*/feed/
Disallow: /tag/*/feed/
Disallow: /category/*/feed/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Allow: /wp-content/uploads/

# --- AI Citation & Search Bots (explicitly welcomed) ---
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-CloudVertexBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Allow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Allow: /

User-agent: MistralAI-User
Allow: /

User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /

User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /

# --- Sitemaps ---
Sitemap: https://hiredaiapp.com/sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://hiredaiapp.com/wp-content/uploads/job-sitemapp.xml
Sitemap: https://hiredaiapp.com/company-index