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# robots.txt - ZoomNews.in
# Optimized for Search Engines + AI + News Websites
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# Allow all major search engines
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User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /controladmin/

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# Allow Ahrefs (SEO analysis)
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User-agent: AhrefsBot
Allow: /

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# Block unwanted / non-beneficial bots
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# Baidu (China)
User-agent: Baiduspider
Disallow: /

# Yandex (Russia)
User-agent: Yandex
Disallow: /

# Majestic SEO crawler
User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /

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# Sitemaps for Search Engines
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Sitemap: https://www.zoomnews.in/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.zoomnews.in/sitemap-index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.zoomnews.in/sitemap-google-news.xml
Sitemap: https://www.zoomnews.in/sitemap-video.xml
Sitemap: https://www.zoomnews.in/sitemap-gallery.xml

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# AI / LLM Content Discovery
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# llms.txt for AI crawlers (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, etc.)
Sitemap: https://www.zoomnews.in/llms.txt