# Robots.txt for ValueNest - Property Valuation Services
# https://valuenest.com/robots.txt

User-agent: *
Allow: /
Allow: /services/
Allow: /privacy
Allow: /terms
Allow: /cookies

# Block admin and sensitive areas
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /_next/
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /temp/
Disallow: /backup/

# Block search and filter parameters
Disallow: /*?search=*
Disallow: /*?filter=*
Disallow: /*?sort=*
Disallow: /*?page=*

# Block duplicate content
Disallow: /*?utm_*
Disallow: /*?ref=*
Disallow: /*?source=*

# Allow important crawlers
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 1

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

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

# Block problematic bots
User-agent: AhrefsBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: DotBot
Disallow: /

# Sitemap location
Sitemap: https://valuenest.com/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://valuenest.com/sitemap-images.xml