# Generally allow search bots User-agent: * Disallow: # Explicitly allow Google bots User-agent: Googlebot Disallow: User-agent: AdsBot-Google Disallow: User-agent: Googlebot-Image Disallow: # Ask for max. 1 request per 5 seconds Crawl-delay: 5 # Ask to exclude non-post image data and files from search Disallow: /avatars Disallow: /Smileys Disallow: /Themes # Chat applet does not need to be indexed Disallow: /chat # Ask to be excluded from non-relevant search engines # Major ones #Amazon search bot (for Alexa) User-agent: Amazonbot Disallow: / #Baidu search engine User-agent: baiduspider Disallow: / #Bytedance (Tiktok parent) crawler User-agent: Bytespider Disallow: / # Smaller ones #AHRefs bot - online marketing User-agent: AhrefsBot Disallow: / #Brandwatch crawler User-agent: magpie-crawler Disallow: / #Fidget spinner bot User-agent: fidget-spinner-bot Disallow: / #MJ12Bot User-agent: MJ12Bot Disallow: / #Moz.com crawler - unknown purpose User-agent: DotBot Disallow: / #my-tiny-bot - unknown purpose User-agent: my-tiny-bot Disallow: / #Semrush - online marketing User-agent: SemrushBot Disallow: / #serpstatbot - unknown purpose User-agent: serpstatbot Disallow: / #Trendiction Bot - market research User-agent: trendictionbot Disallow: / #WebMeUp crawler - unknown purpose User-agent: BLEXBot Disallow: / #Yandex crawler - search engine User-agent: YandexBot Disallow: /