# This virtual robots.txt file was created by the Virtual Robots.txt WordPress plugin: https://www.wordpress.org/plugins/pc-robotstxt/
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# GROUP 1: General Search & Fallback
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User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Disallow: /wp-includes/
Allow: /wp-includes/js/
Allow: /wp-includes/images/
Disallow: /trackback/
Disallow: /wp-login.php
Disallow: /wp-register.php

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# GROUP 2: AEO & AI Search Agents (CRITICAL FOR RANKING)
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# These bots MUST access your content to cite you in 
# ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini.

# OpenAI (ChatGPT & SearchGPT)
# OAI-SearchBot: Live search retrieval (Crucial for answers)
# GPTBot: Model training (Helps AI "know" your brand)
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: ChatGPT-User

# Anthropic (Claude)
# Claude-SearchBot: Live retrieval for Claude citations
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
User-agent: Claude-User

# Perplexity AI (Perplexity Answer Engine)
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: Perplexity-User

# Google AI (Gemini/Bard Training Data)
# Note: Googlebot (above in *) handles standard Search/SGE
User-agent: Google-Extended

# Apple Intelligence
User-agent: Applebot-Extended

# Common Crawl (Training data for many open-source models)
User-agent: CCBot

# Meta / Facebook AI
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
User-agent: FacebookBot

# Amazon (Alexa/Q)
User-agent: Amazonbot

# ByteDance (TikTok/Global Search)
User-agent: Bytespider

# DIRECTIVES FOR AI GROUP
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /trackback/
Disallow: /wp-login.php
Disallow: /wp-register.php

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# SITEMAPS
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Sitemap: https://cacpa.in/sitemap_index.xml