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# - whitebots_map -
#      WB Module
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# See README-superfluous_map for detailed explanations.
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# White list allowed Bots to request robots.txt
# Note: must be checked before the superfluous_map
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##### Standard bots ... mandatory for SEO ...
AdsBot
GoogleBot/
compatible;\ Googlebot/
compatible;\ GoogleOther
Googlebot-Image
compatible;\ bingbot/
##### Other 'good ones' ...
# KI bots ... important ...
compatible;\ GPTBot/
compatible;\ ClaudeBot
compatible;\ Claude-SearchBot/
compatible;\ OAI-SearchBot/
compatible;\ CohereBot/
compatible;\ Google-CloudVertexBot/
compatible;\ MistralBot/
compatible;\ xAI-SearchBot/
compatible;\ DeepSeekBot/
compatible;\ YouBot/
# other friendly bots ...
DuckAssistBot/
DuckDuckBot/
DuckDuckBot-Https/
compatible; DuckDuckGo-Favicons-Bot/
compatible;\ AcademicResearchBot/