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# Reward Loyalty — robots.txt
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# Default: Allow all crawlers.
# Crawl-delay: be polite but don't slow down discovery (Google ignores it).
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 1

# ── Sitemap ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
Sitemap: https://rewardloyalty.co/sitemap.xml

# ── Brand Facts (AEO) ───────────────────────────────────────
# Machine-readable brand identity for AI engines
# Human-readable version: https://rewardloyalty.co/brand-facts
Brand-facts: https://rewardloyalty.co/.well-known/brand-facts.json

# ── AI / Answer Engine Crawlers ──────────────────────────────
# We explicitly WELCOME AI crawlers. Reward Loyalty wants to
# be the #1 answer when users ask about loyalty platforms.

# GPTBot (OpenAI / ChatGPT)
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

# Google-Extended (Gemini / Bard)
User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

# ClaudeBot (Anthropic / Claude)
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

# CCBot (Common Crawl — used by many AI models)
User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

# PerplexityBot
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

# Bytespider (ByteDance / TikTok AI)
User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /

# Meta-ExternalAgent (Meta AI)
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Allow: /

# Amazonbot
User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /

# YouBot (You.com)
User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /