# PhotoRadar.io - Robots.txt
# Last updated: 2026-03-09

# Default Rules
User-agent: *
Allow: /

# Disallow Private Areas
# (These pages also have noindex via meta tags for complete indexing prevention)
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /account
Disallow: /history
Disallow: /contact/status
Disallow: /payment-success
Disallow: /payment-canceled
Disallow: /auth

# Legal Pages can be crawled and are controlled exclusively via meta noindex

# Explicitly Allow Public Pages
Allow: /pricing
Allow: /contact
Allow: /about
Allow: /faq
Allow: /features
Allow: /sitemap
Allow: /radar
Allow: /refund-withdrawal

# Explicitly Allow World Camera Explorer
Allow: /world
Allow: /world-map

# Explicitly Allow Landing Pages (High Priority)
Allow: /find-location
Allow: /ai-location-search
Allow: /ai-location-search-guide
Allow: /dream-destination
Allow: /geoguessr
Allow: /journalists
Allow: /investigators
Allow: /photographers
Allow: /travel-bloggers
Allow: /social-media
Allow: /anti-ai
Allow: /anti-ai-converter
Allow: /anti-ai-detection-ofm
Allow: /exif-viewer
Allow: /metadata-cleaner
Allow: /ai-image-detector
Allow: /color-palette
Allow: /image-compressor
Allow: /ai-photo-location-finder
Allow: /foto-standort-finden
Allow: /foto-werkzeuge
Allow: /extra-tools
Allow: /image-resizer
Allow: /format-converter
Allow: /watermark-tool
Allow: /blur-redact-tool
Allow: /reverse-image-search
Allow: /undetectable-ai-images
Allow: /anti-ai-video-converter
Allow: /ai-image-humanizer
Allow: /anti-ki-converter
Allow: /tamper-heatmap-tool

# Explicitly Allow Tools (High Priority)
Allow: /tools
Allow: /tools/exif-viewer
Allow: /tools/metadata-cleaner
Allow: /tools/ai-image-detector
Allow: /tools/color-palette
Allow: /tools/image-compressor
Allow: /tools/anti-ai-converter
Allow: /tools/image-resizer
Allow: /tools/format-converter
Allow: /tools/watermark
Allow: /tools/blur-redact
Allow: /tools/reverse-image-search
Allow: /tools/tamper-heatmap

# Allow Cookies Page (no noindex, for user access)
Allow: /cookies

# Explicitly Allow Blog (High Priority for SEO)
Allow: /blog
Allow: /blog/how-to-geolocate-a-photo
Allow: /blog/how-to-find-photo-location
Allow: /blog/reverse-image-location-search
Allow: /blog/gps-coordinates-from-photo
Allow: /blog/find-instagram-photo-location
Allow: /blog/image-geolocation-osint
Allow: /blog/image-compressor-guide
Allow: /blog/image-resizer-guide
Allow: /blog/format-converter-guide
Allow: /blog/watermark-tool-guide
Allow: /blog/blur-redact-guide
Allow: /blog/color-palette-extractor-guide
Allow: /blog/ai-image-detector-guide
Allow: /blog/metadata-cleaner-guide
Allow: /blog/exif-viewer-online-guide
Allow: /blog/best-exif-viewer-online
Allow: /blog/best-metadata-cleaner-online
Allow: /blog/convert-heic-to-jpg-online
Allow: /blog/how-to-blur-faces-in-photos
Allow: /blog/anti-ai-converter-guide
Allow: /blog/ai-image-analysis-explained
Allow: /blog/exif-data-best-practices
Allow: /blog/image-forensics-journalists
Allow: /blog/geo-tagging-best-practices
Allow: /blog/privacy-image-analysis
Allow: /blog/osint-techniques-beginners
Allow: /blog/travel-photography-organize
Allow: /blog/social-media-verification
Allow: /blog/ai-vs-manual-analysis
Allow: /blog/where-was-this-photo-taken
Allow: /blog/find-location-from-picture
Allow: /blog/google-lens-alternatives-photo-location
Allow: /blog/geoguessr-tips-identify-locations
Allow: /blog/spot-ai-generated-images-guide
Allow: /blog/ai-ofm-anti-ai-converter-workflow
Allow: /blog/reverse-image-search-guide
Allow: /blog/make-ai-images-undetectable
Allow: /blog/best-color-palette-extractor-online
Allow: /blog/best-format-converter-online
Allow: /blog/best-watermark-tool-online
Allow: /blog/best-blur-redact-tool-online
Allow: /blog/best-tamper-heatmap-tool-online
Allow: /blog/best-anti-ai-converter-online
Allow: /blog/best-ai-image-detector-online
Allow: /blog/best-image-compressor-online
Allow: /blog/best-image-resizer-online
Allow: /blog/best-reverse-image-search-online
Allow: /blog/make-ai-videos-undetectable
Allow: /blog/ai-ofm-doomsday-instagram-tiktok
Allow: /blog/tamper-heatmap-guide
Allow: /blog/world-map-guide
Allow: /blog/world-map-new-features-guide

# Allow Assets
Allow: /*.js
Allow: /*.css
Allow: /*.png
Allow: /*.jpg
Allow: /*.jpeg
Allow: /*.gif
Allow: /*.svg
Allow: /*.webp
Allow: /*.ico

# Sitemaps
Sitemap: https://photoradar.io/sitemap.xml

# Crawl-delay for General Bots
Crawl-delay: 1

# Specific Bot Rules
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /account
Disallow: /auth
Crawl-delay: 0

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /account
Disallow: /auth
Crawl-delay: 1

User-agent: Slurp
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /account
Crawl-delay: 1

User-agent: DuckDuckBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /account
Crawl-delay: 1

# Social Media Bots (for previews)
User-agent: facebookexternalhit
Allow: /

User-agent: Twitterbot
Allow: /

User-agent: LinkedInBot
Allow: /

User-agent: WhatsApp
Allow: /

# Bad Bots
User-agent: AhrefsBot
Crawl-delay: 10

User-agent: SemrushBot
Crawl-delay: 10

User-agent: MJ12bot
Crawl-delay: 10

User-agent: dotbot
Crawl-delay: 10