# robots.txt for Syniq Solutions
# https://www.syniqsolutions.co.za

# Default rules apply to every crawler (including Googlebot & Bingbot).
# NOTE: do not add a Googlebot/Bingbot-specific group that only sets a
# Crawl-delay — a named group makes that bot ignore this wildcard group
# entirely, which would expose the authenticated areas below.
User-agent: *
Allow: /

# Authenticated product, APIs, and auth flows
Disallow: /apps
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /auth/
Disallow: /accept-invite
Disallow: /forgot-password
Disallow: /update-password
Disallow: /access-denied

# Admin & internal/utility routes
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /share/
Disallow: /newsletter/
Disallow: /monitoring
Disallow: /test-auth

# Payment / checkout (dynamic, no SEO value)
Disallow: /payment/
Disallow: /checkout

# Legacy redirect targets (prevent duplicate indexing)
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /ops/
Disallow: /landing

# Sitemap location
Sitemap: https://www.syniqsolutions.co.za/sitemap.xml

# Rate-limit aggressive SEO crawlers (these honor Crawl-delay). The Disallow
# rules are repeated here because a named group ignores the wildcard group.
User-agent: AhrefsBot
Crawl-delay: 10
Disallow: /apps
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /auth/
Disallow: /admin

User-agent: SemrushBot
Crawl-delay: 10
Disallow: /apps
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /auth/
Disallow: /admin