# robots.txt for www.cascadepest.com
# Deployed from the repo root (overrides the static file on WP Engine).
# Yoast does not manage this file; edit it here, not in Yoast > Tools > File editor.

User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: */feed/
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /thank-you/
Disallow: /email/*
Disallow: /*?s=*

# Content Signals (https://contentsignals.org): allow use in search results and
# in AI answers that cite the site. Training use is intentionally left unstated
# until the client decides; set "ai-train=yes" or "ai-train=no" here when they do.
Content-Signal: search=yes, ai-input=yes

# AI crawlers: all currently allowed under the wildcard above. To block the
# training-only crawlers while keeping search/answer bots (OAI-SearchBot,
# ChatGPT-User, Claude-SearchBot, Claude-User, PerplexityBot), uncomment:
# User-agent: GPTBot
# User-agent: ClaudeBot
# User-agent: Google-Extended
# User-agent: Applebot-Extended
# User-agent: CCBot
# User-agent: Bytespider
# User-agent: meta-externalagent
# Disallow: /

Sitemap: https://www.cascadepest.com/sitemap_index.xml