# --- EMERGENCY MODE: BLOCK ALL BOTS TEMPORARILY ---
# We are currently experiencing high database load.
# This rule blocks all crawlers (Google, Bing, etc.) to save resources.
User-agent: *
Disallow: /


# --- ORIGINAL SETTINGS (Uncomment below to restore) ---

# # --- Allow major search engines ---
# User-agent: Googlebot
# Allow: /
#
# User-agent: Bingbot
# Allow: /
#
# User-agent: Baiduspider
# Allow: /
#
# # --- Allow social share bots (for previews) ---
# User-agent: LinkedInBot
# Allow: /
#
# User-agent: facebookexternalhit
# Allow: /
#
# User-agent: Twitterbot
# Allow: /
#
# # (Optional) cover social bots that present as Mozilla/5.0
# User-agent: Mozilla/5.0
# Allow: /
#
# User-agent: Slackbot-LinkExpanding
# Allow: /
#
# # --- Block Perplexity explicitly ---
# User-agent: PerplexityBot
# Disallow: /
#
# # --- Block all other bots by default ---
# # (NOTE: This is commented out because the emergency rule at the top handles it)
# # User-agent: *
# # Disallow: /