# NC Worksurfaces Ltd — robots.txt
# Last updated: 2026-05-19

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# All standard search engines — explicit allow
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User-agent: *
Allow: /

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# AI search engines — explicit allow
#
# These crawlers feed ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini,
# Google AI Overviews, Copilot, You.com and others.
# Blocking them removes NC Worksurfaces from every AI answer.
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User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Allow: /

User-agent: FacebookBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /

User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /

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# Block aggressive / non-search scrapers
# (only these — not AI search)
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User-agent: SemrushBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: AhrefsBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: DotBot
Disallow: /

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# Sitemaps
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Sitemap: https://www.ncworksurfaces.co.uk/sitemap.xml