# ===================== HYBRID OPTIMIZED VERSION =====================
User-agent: *
Crawl-delay: 2
Disallow: /*?*&                  # Multi-param blocker (safer)
Disallow: /(wp-|admin|dashboard|console|_next|_astro)/*
Disallow: /(smart-contract|wallet|api|bank|payment)/*
Disallow: /*.(env|sol|sql|pem|key|swp|tmp)$
Disallow: /(git|svn|ssh|.well-known|node_modules|vendor)/*
Disallow: /(transaction|block|gas|oauth2)/?secret=*
Disallow: /{0,}..{1,}/ 

# ----- Your WordPress-Specific Protections -----
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-includes/
Disallow: /wp-content/plugins/
Disallow: /wp-login.php
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
Disallow: /trackback/
Disallow: /feed/
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /readme.html
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: /tmp/
Disallow: /install.php
Disallow: /login/
Disallow: /scripts/
Disallow: /*?replytocom
Disallow: /wp-config.php

# ----- Parameter Exceptions (Combined) -----
Allow: /*?lang=
Allow: /*?utm_*
Allow: /*?sort=*
Allow: /search?q=%23
Allow: /hashtag/*?src=
Allow: /tags/*?src=
Allow: /?display=wide
Allow: /blog?page=*       # Added from my version
Allow: /products?filter=* # Added from my version

# ----- Core Content Allowances -----
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Allow: /wp-content/uploads/
Allow: /*.(css|js|png|jpe?g|webp|svg|gif|avif|webm)$
Allow: /structured-data/     # My addition
Allow: /knowledge-base/      # My addition

# ----- Bot-Specific Rules (Optimized) -----
User-agent: Googlebot
Crawl-delay: 1              # Faster than your "3"
Allow: /*.(pdf|docx?|xlsx?|avif|webm)$
Allow: /product/*/3d-view   # Future-proofing

User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Allow: /(wp-content/uploads|images|media-library)/
Disallow: /(wp-includes/images|temp-images)/

# ===================== SEARCH ENGINE SPECIFIC RULES =====================
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /news/*
Allow: /crypto/api/public/*
Allow: /blog/*
Allow: /images/*
Allow: /*.avif$
Allow: /*.svg$
Allow: /ai-generated-content/
Allow: /product/*/3d-view
Allow: /press-releases/*
Allow: /industry-news/*
Allow: /tv/*
Allow: /*.m3u8$
Allow: /*.(pdf|docx|xlsx|pptx|txt)$
Allow: /knowledge-base/
Allow: /wp-json/*
Disallow: /*/admin/
Crawl-delay: 1

User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Allow: /wp-content/uploads/
Allow: /images/
Disallow: /wp-includes/images/

User-agent: Googlebot-News
Allow: /press-releases/*
Allow: /exclusive-interviews/*
Allow: /industry-reports/*

User-agent: Google-Instant
Allow: /breaking-news/*
Allow: /live-events/*
Allow: /stock-updates/*
Crawl-delay: 0

# ----- Bing Ecosystem -----
User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /banking/api/v1/public/*
Allow: /products/*
Allow: /msft-special/*
Crawl-delay: 2

User-agent: Bing-FastTrack
Allow: /market-movers/*
Allow: /trending-topics/*
Crawl-delay: 0

# ----- Regional Search Engines -----
User-agent: Yandex
Allow: /geo/[a-z]{2}/api/*
Allow: /ru/*
Disallow: /tmp/ru-version/
Crawl-delay: 3

User-agent: Baiduspider
Allow: /china-market/*
Crawl-delay: 2

User-agent: NaverBot
Allow: /korean-market/*
Crawl-delay: 5

User-agent: SeznamBot
Allow: /central-europe/*
Crawl-delay: 4

User-agent: QwantBot
Allow: /eu-compliance/*
Crawl-delay: 3

User-agent: PetalBot
Allow: /huawei-ecosystem/*
Crawl-delay: 6

# ===================== SOCIAL MEDIA & THIRD-PARTY SERVICES =====================
User-agent: Twitterbot
Allow: /*/tweet-embed/
Allow: /*.twitter-card
Allow: /*.(mp4|mov|m4v)$
Allow: /*/(videos|Audio)/

User-agent: facebookexternalhit
Allow: /*.og-image
Allow: /social-previews/
Allow: /*.mp4$
Allow: /*.jpg$
Allow: /*/(videos|Audio)/

User-agent: LinkedInBot
Allow: /career-insights/
Allow: /*.company-updates

User-agent: Pinterestbot
Allow: /*.(mp4|jpe?g|png|webp)$
Crawl-delay: 1

# ----- Payment & Analytics Services -----
User-agent: Google-Analytics
Allow: /analytics-tracking/

User-agent: Hotjar
Allow: /user-behavior/

User-agent: StripeBot
Allow: /payment-webhooks/

User-agent: Plaid-Crawler
Allow: /financial-connect/

User-agent: CoinMarketCap-Bot
Allow: /crypto-listings/

User-agent: PayPal-Verification
Allow: /ipn-verification/

User-agent: Twitter-Verifier
Allow: /twitter-card-validation/

# ===================== CONTENT PRIORITIZATION =====================
Allow: /*.css$
Allow: /*.js$
Allow: /*.(png|jpe?g|webp|svg|gif)$
Allow: /*.(mp4|webm|mov|m4v)$
Allow: /*.pdf$
Allow: /structured-data/
Allow: /blog/*
Allow: /category/*
Allow: /support/kb/*
Allow: /*/amp/
Allow: /*?utm_*
Allow: /*?lang=
Allow: /*?sort=
Allow: /product/*/reviews
Allow: /cart/?mode=quickbuy
Allow: /search/about/
Allow: /about/privacy

# ===================== API ECOSYSTEM =====================
Allow: /api/v[1-9]/public/*
Allow: /crypto/prices/*
Allow: /banking/rates/*
Allow: /payment-gateway/status
Disallow: /api/v[1-9]/private/*
Disallow: /api/keys/*
Disallow: /oauth2/token

# ===================== CLOUDFLARE INTEGRATION =====================
User-agent: Cloudflare-Healthchecks
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 0

User-agent: Cloudflare-SSL
Allow: /payment-gateway/
Allow: /payment-gateway/status
Allow: /api/v1/public/prices
Allow: /api/v2/public/rates
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /private/keys/
Disallow: /private/config/
Crawl-delay: 1

# ===================== RESOURCE PROTECTION =====================
User-agent: SemrushBot
Crawl-delay: 15

User-agent: AhrefsBot
Crawl-delay: 10

User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ZoominfoBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: DotBot
Disallow: /

# ======== CRITICAL ADDITIONS ========
# Web3 Future-Proofing
Allow: /nft-metadata/public/*
Disallow: /nft-metadata/private/
Allow: /arweave/*
Disallow: /wallet/private/*

# 3D/XR Content
Allow: /*.(glb|usdz)$          # 3D models
Allow: /product/*/xr-view      # AR/VR experiences

# Schema.org Priority
Allow: /structured-data/schema-org/*

# Voice Search Optimization
Allow: /faq/                 # 43% of voice queries target FAQ content
Allow: /*.(opus|aac)$        # Voice snippet formats

# ============== SITEMAP DECLARATION ==============
Sitemap: https://www.signalprime.com/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.signalprime.com/image-sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.signalprime.com/video-sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.signalprime.com/3d-assets.xml
Sitemap: https://www.signalprime.com/local-sitemap.xml

# Provided by Signalprime.com SEO Team
# Last Update on: 03/06/2025