# TheChessDirectory robots.txt  – updated 2025‑05‑08
# https://thechessdirectory.com

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# Google Search (desktop & mobile)
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User-agent: Googlebot
# Assets needed for full rendering
Allow: /_next/
Allow: /*.js
Allow: /*.css
Allow: /*.png
Allow: /*.jpg
Allow: /*.jpeg
Allow: /*.svg
Allow: /*.webp
# Prerender JSON endpoints
Allow: /api/sites
Allow: /api/user
# Keep Google out of sensitive or low‑value areas
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /dev/
Disallow: /test/
Disallow: /staging/
Disallow: /*?*

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# All other crawlers
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User-agent: *
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /_next/
Disallow: /dev/
Disallow: /test/
Disallow: /staging/
Disallow: /*?*

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# XML sitemaps
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Sitemap: https://thechessdirectory.com/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://thechessdirectory.com/sitemap-blog.xml