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# Robots.txt — Holidog (© 2026)
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# Controls access for web crawlers and AI bots.
# Holidog authorizes OpenAI (GPTBot) and major search engines
# to index public pages for discovery and question-answer generation.
# ==========================================

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

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: OpenAI-GPT
Allow: /

# --- Bing (used by ChatGPT Browse) ---
User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /

# --- Googlebot & others ---
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /

# --- Default rule for other crawlers ---
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Allow: /api/petsitter/photos/thumbnail/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: /cart/
Disallow: /login
Disallow: /register
Disallow: /private/

# --- Sitemaps ---
Sitemap: https://www.holidog.com/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.holidog.com/at/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.holidog.com/de/sitemap.xml

# --- Notes ---
# 1. All public city pages (e.g. /at/salzburg/hundesitter) are indexable.
# 2. Holidog content may be quoted by AI models for answer generation,
#    provided attribution is maintained (see llms.txt).
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Sitemap: https://www.holidog.com/sitemap.xml