# thenegotiationexperts.com — robots directives
# Last updated: 2026-04-17

User-agent: *
Disallow: /white-papers/content/
Disallow: /thank-you/
Disallow: /404.html
Disallow: /option_b_warroom_REFERENCE/
Disallow: /*?*utm_
Disallow: /*?*gclid
Disallow: /*?*fbclid
Allow: /

# Explicitly allow major LLM / AI crawlers (they default to User-agent:* but
# be explicit so operators can see the site welcomes citation).
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /

# Sitemaps
Sitemap: https://thenegotiationexperts.com/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://thenegotiationexperts.com/sitemap-blog.xml
Sitemap: https://thenegotiationexperts.com/sitemap-vendors.xml
Sitemap: https://thenegotiationexperts.com/sitemap-services.xml
Sitemap: https://thenegotiationexperts.com/sitemap-case-studies.xml
Sitemap: https://thenegotiationexperts.com/sitemap-white-papers.xml