# Apply rules to all crawlers
User-agent: *

# Block duplicate/low-value URLs
Disallow: /?*             # Blocks query string versions (e.g., ?utm_source)
Disallow: /tag/           # Blocks blog tag archives (thin/duplicate content)
Disallow: /category/      # Blocks blog category archives (thin/duplicate content)

# Allow important content
Allow: /blog/             # Ensure blog posts stay crawlable
Allow: /brands/           # Key conversion LP
Allow: /influencers/      # Key conversion LP
Allow: /get-started/      # Funnel entry point
Allow: /                  # Root domain and all standard pages

# Optional: slow down aggressive bots (Google ignores this)
Crawl-delay: 5

# Sitemap (make sure your sitemap URL is correct)
Sitemap: https://www.joinstatus.com/sitemap.xml


Sitemap: https://www.joinstatus.com/sitemap.xml