User-agent: *
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /login/
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-login.php
Disallow: /scripts/
Disallow: /includes/
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /tmp/
Disallow: /trackback/
Disallow: /cart/
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: /thank-you/
Disallow: /noindex/
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /*?ref=
Disallow: /*.php$
Disallow: /*.cgi$
Disallow: /*.pl$
Disallow: /*.inc$
Disallow: /*.sql$
Disallow: /*.log$
Disallow: /*.zip$
Disallow: /*.tar$
Disallow: /*.gz$
Disallow: /*.json$

# Crawling delay to reduce server strain
Crawl-delay: 10

# Specific bots to block completely
User-agent: AhrefsBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: SemrushBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: DotBot
Disallow: /

# Allow specific Google bots for SEO benefits
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Allow: /

User-agent: Googlebot-Mobile
Allow: /

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

User-agent: Slurp
Disallow: /

Disallow: /cms/
Disallow: /login
Disallow: /register
Disallow: /forgot-password
Disallow: /reset-password
Disallow: /confirm-password
Disallow: /email/verification-notification
Disallow: /profile

# Sitemap declaration
Sitemap: https://www.apexpaversandpools.com/sitemap.xml