User-agent: *
# Admin and utility pages
Disallow: /old-site/
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen
Disallow: /wp-login.php
Disallow: /wp-register.php
Disallow: /visual-feedback/
Disallow: /lp/
Disallow: /service/
Disallow: /thank-you
Disallow: /thanks
Disallow: /get-started
Disallow: /get-started-new
Disallow: /brochure.pdf
Disallow: /author/
Disallow: /review/
Disallow: /phplivechat/
Disallow: /ve-api
Disallow: /twilio-video-client
Disallow: /freetrial
Disallow: /free-trial
Disallow: /home-b/
Disallow: /get-started-b/
Disallow: /ppc/
Disallow: /smtp-mailer
Disallow: /testimonials-custom
Disallow: /home-new-version
Disallow: /hire-remote-staff-b
Disallow: /outsource-to-india-b
Disallow: /testimonials-new
Disallow: /fortune-cookies-thank-you
Disallow: /ir/
Disallow: /ir-new/
Disallow: /da/

# Specific non-SEO PDFs
Disallow: /public/images/Getting-Started-with-VirtualEmployee-Client-Booklet.pdf
Disallow: /wp-content/themes/virtualemployee/images/content-writing/pdf/sweet-revenge.pdf
Disallow: /wp-content/themes/virtualemployee/images/hire-business-card-designers/resume-3.pdf

# Static asset directories to reduce crawl waste
Disallow: /wp-content/plugins/
Disallow: /wp-content/cache/
Disallow: /wp-includes/
Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/
Disallow: /wp-content/themes/virtualemployee/css/
Disallow: /wp-content/themes/virtualemployee/js/
Disallow: /wp-content/themes/virtualemployee/images/

# Allow key SEO content folders
Allow: /testimonials/
Allow: /case-study/


# Explicitly allow specific AI crawlers
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Allow: /

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /

# Sitemap location
Sitemap: https://www.virtualemployee.com/sitemap_index.xml