# robots.txt for www.mapquest.com
# Crawling is permitted only for the user agents listed below.
# All other crawlers are disallowed.
# To request crawl access, contact sales@mapquest.com
# Last updated: 2026-11-03

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

# Search engines
User-agent: Googlebot
User-agent: Google-InspectionTool
User-agent: bingbot
User-agent: Applebot
Disallow: /account/*
Disallow: /search/*
Disallow: /timeout
Disallow: /my-maps/*
Disallow: /*MQAB=*
Disallow: /*o3ijf=*

# Link previews
User-agent: Twitterbot
User-agent: LinkedInBot
User-agent: facebookexternalhit
User-agent: Slackbot
User-agent: Slackbot-LinkExpanding
User-agent: Discordbot
User-agent: WhatsApp
User-agent: TelegramBot
User-agent: Pinterestbot
Disallow: /account/*
Disallow: /search/*
Disallow: /timeout
Disallow: /my-maps/*
Disallow: /*MQAB=*
Disallow: /*o3ijf=*

# Advertising
User-agent: AmazonAdBot
Allow: /search/*
Allow: /*MQAB=*
Disallow:
Crawl-delay: 1

User-agent: AdsBot-Google
User-agent: AdsBot-Google-Mobile
User-agent: Mediapartners-Google
Disallow:

User-agent: adidxbot
Disallow:

# AI crawlers and agents
User-agent: Google-Extended
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
User-agent: GPTBot
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
User-agent: ClaudeBot
User-agent: Claude-SearchBot
User-agent: Claude-User
User-agent: anthropic-ai
User-agent: Claude-Web
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: Perplexity-User
User-agent: DuckAssistBot
User-agent: CCBot
User-agent: Bytespider
User-agent: Amazonbot
User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent
User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher
User-agent: FacebookBot
User-agent: Google-CloudVertexBot
User-agent: Gemini-Deep-Research
User-agent: cohere-ai
User-agent: Diffbot
User-agent: AI2Bot
User-agent: AI2Bot-Dolma
User-agent: Img2dataset
User-agent: ImagesiftBot
User-agent: Timpibot
User-agent: Omgilibot
User-agent: omgili
User-agent: webzio-extended
User-agent: YouBot
User-agent: PhindBot
User-agent: PanguBot
User-agent: PetalBot
User-agent: ExaBot
User-agent: AndiBot
User-agent: SentiBot
User-agent: magpie-crawler
Disallow: /

# Other crawlers
User-agent: DuckDuckBot
Disallow: /

# Default
User-agent: *
Disallow: /