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# robots.txt for scythe.io
# Last updated: 2026-03-24
# Purpose: SEO crawling & Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)
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# DEFAULT: All crawlers
# Allow all valuable content; block low-value/internal pages
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User-agent: *
Allow: /
 
# HubSpot system & preview paths (no crawl value)
Disallow: /_hcms/
Disallow: /hs/manage-preferences/
Disallow: /hs/preferences-center/
Disallow: /hs-search-open/
 
# Tag & taxonomy archive pages (thin/duplicate content)
Disallow: /tag/
Disallow: /tags/
 
# Preview & cache-buster query strings
Disallow: /*?*hs_preview=*
Disallow: /*?*hsCacheBuster=*
 
# Internal search results
Disallow: /*?*hs_search*
Disallow: /search?*
 
# Thank-you / confirmation pages (no crawl value)
Disallow: /thank-you*
Disallow: /thanks*
 
 
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# GOOGLE: Standard + AI Overview (Google-Extended)
# Explicitly allow to ensure full indexing and SGE/AI features
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Disallow: /_hcms/preview/

User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /
 
Disallow: /_hcms/preview/
Disallow: /hs/manage-preferences/
Disallow: /hs/preferences-center/
Disallow: /*?*hs_preview=*
Disallow: /*?*hsCacheBuster=*

User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Allow: /
 
Disallow: /_hcms/preview/
Disallow: /hs/manage-preferences/
Disallow: /hs/preferences-center/
Disallow: /*?*hs_preview=*
Disallow: /*?*hsCacheBuster=*

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /
 
 
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# BING / MICROSOFT
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Disallow: /_hcms/preview/
Disallow: /hs/manage-preferences/
Disallow: /hs/preferences-center/
Disallow: /*?*hs_preview=*
Disallow: /*?*hsCacheBuster=*

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /
 
Disallow: /_hcms/preview/
Disallow: /hs/manage-preferences/
Disallow: /hs/preferences-center/
Disallow: /*?*hs_preview=*
Disallow: /*?*hsCacheBuster=*

User-agent: msnbot
Allow: /
 
 
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# AI / GEO CRAWLERS
# These bots power AI-generated answers in ChatGPT, Perplexity,
# Claude, Copilot, Gemini, etc. Allowing them is essential for
# Generative Engine Optimization (GEO).
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# OpenAI / ChatGPT
Disallow: /_hcms/preview/
Disallow: /hs/manage-preferences/
Disallow: /hs/preferences-center/
Disallow: /*?*hs_preview=*
Disallow: /*?*hsCacheBuster=*

User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /
 
Disallow: /_hcms/preview/
Disallow: /hs/manage-preferences/
Disallow: /hs/preferences-center/
Disallow: /*?*hs_preview=*
Disallow: /*?*hsCacheBuster=*

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /
 
Disallow: /_hcms/preview/
Disallow: /hs/manage-preferences/
Disallow: /hs/preferences-center/
Disallow: /*?*hs_preview=*
Disallow: /*?*hsCacheBuster=*

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /
 
# Anthropic / Claude
Disallow: /_hcms/preview/
Disallow: /hs/manage-preferences/
Disallow: /hs/preferences-center/
Disallow: /*?*hs_preview=*
Disallow: /*?*hsCacheBuster=*

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /
 
Disallow: /_hcms/preview/
Disallow: /hs/manage-preferences/
Disallow: /hs/preferences-center/
Disallow: /*?*hs_preview=*
Disallow: /*?*hsCacheBuster=*

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /
 
Disallow: /_hcms/preview/
Disallow: /hs/manage-preferences/
Disallow: /hs/preferences-center/
Disallow: /*?*hs_preview=*
Disallow: /*?*hsCacheBuster=*

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /
 
# Perplexity
Disallow: /_hcms/preview/
Disallow: /hs/manage-preferences/
Disallow: /hs/preferences-center/
Disallow: /*?*hs_preview=*
Disallow: /*?*hsCacheBuster=*

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /
 
# Google Gemini (covered by Google-Extended above, explicit backup)
Disallow: /_hcms/preview/
Disallow: /hs/manage-preferences/
Disallow: /hs/preferences-center/
Disallow: /*?*hs_preview=*
Disallow: /*?*hsCacheBuster=*

User-agent: Gemini
Allow: /
 
# Apple / Siri
Disallow: /_hcms/preview/
Disallow: /hs/manage-preferences/
Disallow: /hs/preferences-center/
Disallow: /*?*hs_preview=*
Disallow: /*?*hsCacheBuster=*

User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /
 
Disallow: /_hcms/preview/
Disallow: /hs/manage-preferences/
Disallow: /hs/preferences-center/
Disallow: /*?*hs_preview=*
Disallow: /*?*hsCacheBuster=*

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /
 
# Amazon / Alexa
Disallow: /_hcms/preview/
Disallow: /hs/manage-preferences/
Disallow: /hs/preferences-center/
Disallow: /*?*hs_preview=*
Disallow: /*?*hsCacheBuster=*

User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /
 
# Meta AI
Disallow: /_hcms/preview/
Disallow: /hs/manage-preferences/
Disallow: /hs/preferences-center/
Disallow: /*?*hs_preview=*
Disallow: /*?*hsCacheBuster=*

User-agent: FacebookBot
Allow: /
 
# Cohere
Disallow: /_hcms/preview/
Disallow: /hs/manage-preferences/
Disallow: /hs/preferences-center/
Disallow: /*?*hs_preview=*
Disallow: /*?*hsCacheBuster=*

User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /
 
# Common Crawl (used to train many LLMs)
Disallow: /_hcms/preview/
Disallow: /hs/manage-preferences/
Disallow: /hs/preferences-center/
Disallow: /*?*hs_preview=*
Disallow: /*?*hsCacheBuster=*

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /
 
 
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# BLOCKED: Scrapers & low-quality bots
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Disallow: /_hcms/preview/
Disallow: /hs/manage-preferences/
Disallow: /hs/preferences-center/
Disallow: /*?*hs_preview=*
Disallow: /*?*hsCacheBuster=*

User-agent: AhrefsBot
Disallow: /
 
Disallow: /_hcms/preview/
Disallow: /hs/manage-preferences/
Disallow: /hs/preferences-center/
Disallow: /*?*hs_preview=*
Disallow: /*?*hsCacheBuster=*

User-agent: SemrushBot
Disallow: /
 
Disallow: /_hcms/preview/
Disallow: /hs/manage-preferences/
Disallow: /hs/preferences-center/
Disallow: /*?*hs_preview=*
Disallow: /*?*hsCacheBuster=*

User-agent: DotBot
Disallow: /
 
Disallow: /_hcms/preview/
Disallow: /hs/manage-preferences/
Disallow: /hs/preferences-center/
Disallow: /*?*hs_preview=*
Disallow: /*?*hsCacheBuster=*

User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /
 
Disallow: /_hcms/preview/
Disallow: /hs/manage-preferences/
Disallow: /hs/preferences-center/
Disallow: /*?*hs_preview=*
Disallow: /*?*hsCacheBuster=*

User-agent: BLEXBot
Disallow: /
 
 
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# SITEMAP
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Sitemap: https://scythe.io/sitemap.xml
 
Disallow: /_hcms/preview/
Disallow: /hs/manage-preferences/
Disallow: /hs/preferences-center/
Disallow: /*?*hs_preview=*
Disallow: /*?*hsCacheBuster=*