# Robots.txt for telanganaexpress.co.in
# News Website — SEO + AEO + LLMS optimized

User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /_next/
Disallow: /private/

# AI / LLM crawlers — allow public content for citations
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /admin/

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /admin/

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

# LLM content guide
# See: https://telanganaexpress.co.in/llms.txt
# Full index: https://telanganaexpress.co.in/llms-full.txt

# RSS Feed (Google Publisher Center)
# Feed: https://telanganaexpress.co.in/rss
# Feed: https://telanganaexpress.co.in/feed.xml

# Sitemap Index (references all sitemaps)
Sitemap: https://telanganaexpress.co.in/sitemap-index.xml

# Individual Sitemaps (for direct reference)
Sitemap: https://telanganaexpress.co.in/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://telanganaexpress.co.in/sitemap-news.xml