# pingpong crawl rules
User-agent: *
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /api
Disallow: /yc
Disallow: /yc/
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /business
Disallow: /business/
Disallow: /remove-table-tennis-rubber
Disallow: /remove-table-tennis-rubber/

# Crawlable product and research SEO pages
Allow: /
Allow: /text-guides/
Allow: /what-is-pingpong/
Allow: /how-it-works/
Allow: /how-to-run-a-pingpong/
Allow: /pricing/
Allow: /faq/
Allow: /ios/
Allow: /is-pingpong-worth-it/
Allow: /when-to-use-pingpong/
Allow: /multi-model-ai-review/
Allow: /developer-docs/
Allow: /sequential-vs-parallel-ai/
Allow: /compare/
Allow: /research/
Allow: /vendor-management
Allow: /vendor-management/guides/
Allow: /terms

# Block aggressive bots entirely
User-agent: AhrefsBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: SemrushBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: DotBot
Disallow: /

Sitemap: https://pingpongit.com/sitemap.xml