# Lake.com Robots.txt File
# Last updated: March 16, 2026
# This file manages crawler access to the website and blocks unwanted bots.

# Sitemap Declaration
Sitemap: https://www.lake.com/sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.lake.com/sitemap-properties-index.xml

# General Rules for All Crawlers
User-agent: *
# Allow admin-ajax.php for asynchronous functionality
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

# Disallow access to sensitive WordPress directories and files
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-includes/
Disallow: /wp-content/plugins/
Disallow: /wp-content/themes/
Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/wpo/wpo-plugins-tables-list.json
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: /cdn-cgi/
Disallow: /trackback/
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
Disallow: /back-api

# Disallow dynamic and duplicate content
Disallow: /articles/page/
Disallow: /articles/category/
Disallow: /articles/properties-tag/
Disallow: /parks/page/
Disallow: /lakes/page/
Disallow: /marinas/page/
Disallow: /events/page/
Disallow: /company/reports/page/
Disallow: /company/press-releases/page/
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /*/feed/
Disallow: /*/trackback/

# Block direct access to PHP files
Disallow: /*.php

# This prevents the file from being indexed in traditional web search results
Disallow: /ai-about-us.txt

# Temporary folder
Disallow: /temp/

# Allow theme files
Allow: /wp-content/themes/lake-2025/*.css
Allow: /wp-content/themes/lake-2025/*.js
Allow: /wp-content/themes/lake-2025/*.jpg
Allow: /wp-content/themes/lake-2025/*.png
Allow: /wp-content/themes/lake-2025/*.webp
Allow: /wp-content/themes/lake-2025/*.mp4
Allow: /wp-content/themes/lake-2025/*.ico
Allow: /wp-content/themes/lake-2025/*.svg
Allow: /wp-content/themes/lake-2025/*.woff2
Allow: /wp-content/themes/lake-2025/*.woff

Allow: /wp-content/plugins/*.css
Allow: /wp-content/plugins/*.js
Allow: /wp-includes/*.css

# Block Known Unwanted Crawlers

User-agent: SEMrushBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: DotBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: BlexBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: PetalBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: YandexBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Baiduspider
Disallow: /

User-agent: spbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Sogou
Disallow: /

User-agent: Mail.RU_Bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: 360Spider
Disallow: /

User-agent: Cliqzbot
Disallow: /

# AI or LLM bots

# OPENAI
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /ai-about-us.txt

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /ai-about-us.txt

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /ai-about-us.txt

# ANTHROPIC
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /ai-about-us.txt

User-agent: Claude-User
Allow: /ai-about-us.txt

User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
Allow: /ai-about-us.txt

# GOOGLE
User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /ai-about-us.txt

User-agent: Gemini-Deep-Research
Allow: /ai-about-us.txt

# MICROSOFT
User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /ai-about-us.txt

# COHERE
User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /ai-about-us.txt

# APPLE
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /ai-about-us.txt

# PERPLEXITY
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /ai-about-us.txt

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /ai-about-us.txt

# DUCKDUCKGO
User-agent: DuckAssistBot
Allow: /ai-about-us.txt

# META
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Allow: /ai-about-us.txt

User-agent: Meta-WebIndexer
Allow: /ai-about-us.txt

# BYTEDANCE / TIKTOK
User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /ai-about-us.txt

# AMAZON
User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /ai-about-us.txt

# MISTRAL
User-agent: MistralAI-User
Allow: /ai-about-us.txt

# DIFFBOT
User-agent: Diffbot
Allow: /ai-about-us.txt

# COMMON CRAWL
User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /ai-about-us.txt

# INFOQ / ICC
User-agent: ICC-Crawler
Allow: /ai-about-us.txt

# WEBZ.IO / OMGILI
User-agent: webzio-extended
Allow: /ai-about-us.txt

# YOU.COM
User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /ai-about-us.txt
User-agent: *
Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/wpo/wpo-plugins-tables-list.json