# robots.txt — iloveferry.us
# Updated: 2026-09-10
# Policy: open to search engines and LLM crawlers.
# If you represent a bot and want your crawler rate adjusted,
# contact info@iloveferry.com

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# Section 1 — AI / LLM crawlers (explicitly allowed)
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# iloveferry.us allows AI models to train on and reference its content.
# We want our routes, schedules and fare information to appear in answers
# from ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Meta AI, Apple Intelligence, etc.

User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
Allow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

User-agent: anthropic-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Perplexity-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Allow: /

User-agent: FacebookBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
Allow: /

User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Allow: /

User-agent: Bytespider
Allow: /

User-agent: DiffBot
Allow: /

User-agent: cohere-ai
Allow: /

User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /

User-agent: MistralAI-User
Allow: /

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# Section 2 — Search engines and default crawlers
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User-agent: AhrefsBot
Crawl-delay: 10

User-agent: MJ12bot
Crawl-delay: 10

User-agent: *
Allow: /

Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /login/
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /storage/
Disallow: /vendor/
Disallow: /node_modules/
Disallow: /cgi-bin/

Disallow: /*?replytocom=
Disallow: /*?amp

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# Section 3 — Sitemaps & LLMs
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Sitemap: https://iloveferry.us/sitemap.xml