# START YOAST BLOCK
  # ---------------------------
  User-agent: *                                                    
                                                                   
  # Block sensitive WP directories                                 
  Disallow: /wp-admin/                                             
  Disallow: /wp-includes/                                          
  Disallow: /wp-content/plugins/

  # Block internal search, archives, and low-value pages
  Disallow: /?s=
  Disallow: /search/                                               
  Disallow: /tag/
  Disallow: */page/*/                                              
                            
  # Block feed URLs (RSS/Atom)
  Disallow: /feed/
  Disallow: /*/feed/
  Disallow: /comments/feed/
  Allow: /blog/category/funding-news/feed/

  # Block PHP files (security & crawl budget)                      
  Disallow: /*.php$
                                                                   
  # Block tracking query parameters (GA4, HubSpot, Google Ads)     
  Disallow: /*?_ga=
  Disallow: /*?__hstc=                                             
  Disallow: /*?_gcl_au=     
  Disallow: /*?_ga_F29MXKREMB=
                                                                   
  # Allow necessary AJAX endpoint
  Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php                                  
                                                                   
  # Sitemap
  Sitemap: https://qubit.capital/sitemap_index.xml
  Sitemap: https://qubit.capital/gn_sitemap.xml                  
  # ---------------------------
  # END YOAST BLOCK