# robots.txt for 4K IPTV Europe - 4kiptv.app
# Created: February 22, 2026
# Last Updated: April 1, 2026

# ===== SITEMAP LOCATION =====
Sitemap: https://4kiptv.app/sitemap.xml

# ===== GLOBAL RULES =====
User-agent: *
Allow: /

# ===== CRAWL DELAY (RESPECTFUL CRAWLING) =====
# Uncomment if you experience server load issues
# Crawl-delay: 1

# ===== ALLOW ALL IMPORTANT PAGES =====
# Main Pages
Allow: /
Allow: /index.html
Allow: /pricing
Allow: /pricing.html
Allow: /reseller
Allow: /reseller.html
Allow: /features
Allow: /features.html
Allow: /channel-list
Allow: /channel-list.html
Allow: /installation
Allow: /installation.html
Allow: /faq
Allow: /faq.html
Allow: /our-app
Allow: /our-app.html
Allow: /contact-us
Allow: /contact-us.html
Allow: /search
Allow: /search.html
Allow: /sitemap
Allow: /sitemap.html

# Legal Pages
Allow: /privacy
Allow: /privacy.html
Allow: /terms
Allow: /terms.html
Allow: /refund
Allow: /refund.html
Allow: /dmca
Allow: /dmca.html
Allow: /cookie-policy
Allow: /cookie-policy.html

# Error Pages
Allow: /404
Allow: /404.html
Allow: /403
Allow: /403.html
Allow: /405
Allow: /405.html
Allow: /500
Allow: /500.html
Allow: /503
Allow: /503.html

# Blog Pages
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /blog/index.html
Allow: /blog/page-2
Allow: /blog/4k-iptv-europe-guide-2026
Allow: /blog/best-4k-iptv-provider-europe
Allow: /blog/4k-iptv-vs-cable-tv-comparison
Allow: /blog/how-to-choose-iptv-provider
Allow: /blog/iptv-vs-streaming-services
Allow: /blog/4k-iptv-firestick-setup
Allow: /blog/4k-iptv-samsung-lg-tv
Allow: /blog/4k-iptv-android-tv-setup
Allow: /blog/4k-iptv-ios-iphone-setup
Allow: /blog/iptv-buffering-fix-guide
Allow: /blog/4k-iptv-vs-ultra-hd
Allow: /blog/best-iptv-sports-channels
Allow: /blog/iptv-premier-league-guide
Allow: /blog/iptv-champions-league-guide
Allow: /blog/iptv-ufc-ppv-guide
Allow: /blog/iptv-uk-channels-guide
Allow: /blog/iptv-germany-channels-guide
Allow: /blog/iptv-france-channels-guide
Allow: /blog/iptv-spain-channels-guide
Allow: /blog/iptv-italy-channels-guide
Allow: /blog/iptv-netherlands-channels-guide
Allow: /blog/iptv-usa-channels-guide
Allow: /blog/iptv-canada-channels-guide
Allow: /blog/iptv-india-channels-guide
Allow: /blog/iptv-pakistan-channels-guide
Allow: /blog/iptv-arabic-channels-guide
Allow: /blog/4k-iptv-vs-hd-quality
Allow: /blog/4k-iptv-reseller-program-guide
Allow: /blog/start-iptv-business-reseller
Allow: /blog/4k-iptv-dmca-policy
Allow: /blog/iptv-copyright-guide

# Assets (CSS, JS, Images)
Allow: /css/
Allow: /js/
Allow: /gsap/
Allow: /assets/
Allow: /assets/logo/
Allow: /assets/icons/
Allow: /assets/screenshots/
Allow: /assets/images/
Allow: /assets/videos/
Allow: /assets/og-images/

# ===== DISALLOW PRIVATE/ADMIN AREAS =====
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: /includes/
Disallow: /temp/
Disallow: /tmp/
Disallow: /backup/
Disallow: /logs/
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /vendor/
Disallow: /config/
Disallow: /database/
Disallow: /storage/
Disallow: /cache/

# ===== DISALLOW DUPLICATE CONTENT =====
Disallow: /*?*
Disallow: /*&*
Disallow: /*print*
Disallow: /*pdf*
Disallow: /*download*
Disallow: /*?utm_*
Disallow: /*?ref=*
Disallow: /*?source=*
Disallow: /*?fbclid=*
Disallow: /*?gclid=*
Disallow: /*?msclkid=*
Disallow: /*?mc_cid=*
Disallow: /*?mc_eid=*

# ===== DISALLOW SPECIFIC FILES =====
Disallow: /*.php$
Disallow: /*.sql$
Disallow: /*.bak$
Disallow: /*.old$
Disallow: /*.log$
Disallow: /*.txt$
Disallow: /*.json$
Disallow: /license.txt
Disallow: /readme.html
Disallow: /composer.json
Disallow: /composer.lock
Disallow: /package.json
Disallow: /package-lock.json
Disallow: /yarn.lock
Disallow: /.env
Disallow: /robots.txt.bak

# ===== BLOCK SEARCH RESULTS PAGES =====
Disallow: /search?*
Disallow: /search/*?*
Disallow: /results?*
Disallow: /results/*?*
Disallow: /find?*
Disallow: /lookup?*

# ===== BLOCK TEMPORARY OR STAGING AREAS =====
Disallow: /test/
Disallow: /staging/
Disallow: /dev/
Disallow: /development/
Disallow: /temp-test/
Disallow: /staging-site/
Disallow: /beta/
Disallow: /demo/

# ===== USER-SPECIFIC CONTENT =====
Disallow: /user/
Disallow: /account/
Disallow: /profile/
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /my-account/
Disallow: /customer/
Disallow: /member/
Disallow: /subscription/
Disallow: /order/
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: /cart/
Disallow: /wishlist/

# ===== BLOCK ADMIN LOGIN PAGES =====
Disallow: /login/
Disallow: /admin-login/
Disallow: /wp-login.php
Disallow: /administrator/
Disallow: /auth/
Disallow: /signin/
Disallow: /signup/
Disallow: /register/
Disallow: /reset-password/
Disallow: /forgot-password/

# ===== ALLOW SPECIFIC BOT ACCESS =====

# Googlebot (Web Search)
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /
Allow: /*.html$
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /blog/*.html$
Allow: /features
Allow: /features.html
Allow: /our-app
Allow: /our-app.html
Allow: /privacy
Allow: /privacy.html
Allow: /terms
Allow: /terms.html
Allow: /refund
Allow: /refund.html
Allow: /dmca
Allow: /dmca.html
Allow: /pricing
Allow: /pricing.html
Allow: /reseller
Allow: /reseller.html
Allow: /channel-list
Allow: /channel-list.html
Allow: /installation
Allow: /installation.html
Allow: /faq
Allow: /faq.html
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: /*?*

# Googlebot-Image (Image crawler)
User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Allow: /assets/logo/
Allow: /assets/icons/
Allow: /assets/screenshots/
Allow: /assets/images/
Allow: /assets/og-images/
Allow: /assets/videos/thumbnails/
Disallow: /admin/

# Googlebot-News (News crawler) - prioritize blog
User-agent: Googlebot-News
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /blog/*.html$
Disallow: /admin/

# Googlebot-Video (Video crawler)
User-agent: Googlebot-Video
Allow: /assets/videos/
Allow: /assets/videos/thumbnails/
Disallow: /admin/

# Bingbot
User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /
Allow: /*.html$
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /blog/*.html$
Allow: /features
Allow: /features.html
Allow: /our-app
Allow: /our-app.html
Allow: /dmca
Allow: /dmca.html
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: /*?*
Crawl-delay: 1

# Yandex
User-agent: Yandex
Allow: /
Allow: /*.html$
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /blog/*.html$
Allow: /features
Allow: /features.html
Allow: /our-app
Allow: /our-app.html
Allow: /dmca
Allow: /dmca.html
Disallow: /admin/
Crawl-delay: 2

# Baidu
User-agent: Baiduspider
Allow: /
Allow: /*.html$
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /blog/*.html$
Allow: /features
Allow: /features.html
Allow: /dmca
Allow: /dmca.html
Disallow: /admin/
Crawl-delay: 2

# DuckDuckGo
User-agent: DuckDuckBot
Allow: /
Allow: /*.html$
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /blog/*.html$
Allow: /dmca
Allow: /dmca.html
Disallow: /admin/

# Pinterest (for image sharing)
User-agent: Pinterest
Allow: /assets/images/
Allow: /assets/logo/
Allow: /assets/screenshots/
Disallow: /admin/

# Facebook Crawler
User-agent: facebookexternalhit
Allow: /
Allow: /*.html$
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /assets/og-images/
Allow: /dmca
Allow: /dmca.html
Disallow: /admin/

# Twitter Crawler
User-agent: Twitterbot
Allow: /
Allow: /*.html$
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /assets/og-images/
Allow: /dmca
Allow: /dmca.html
Disallow: /admin/

# LinkedIn Crawler
User-agent: LinkedInBot
Allow: /
Allow: /*.html$
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /assets/og-images/
Allow: /dmca
Allow: /dmca.html
Disallow: /admin/

# WhatsApp Crawler
User-agent: WhatsApp
Allow: /
Allow: /*.html$
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /assets/og-images/
Allow: /dmca
Allow: /dmca.html
Disallow: /admin/

# Telegram Crawler
User-agent: TelegramBot
Allow: /
Allow: /*.html$
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /assets/og-images/
Allow: /dmca
Allow: /dmca.html
Disallow: /admin/

# ===== BLOCK BAD BOTS / SPAM CRAWLERS =====
User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: AhrefsBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: SemrushBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: DotBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Majestic-12
Disallow: /

User-agent: rogerbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: exabot
Disallow: /

User-agent: dotbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: garlikcrawler
Disallow: /

User-agent: Scrapy
Disallow: /

User-agent: PetalBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: AspiegelBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Cliqzbot
Disallow: /

User-agent: BLEXBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: SeekportBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: archive.org_bot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Zoombot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Xenu
Disallow: /

User-agent: WebMeUp
Disallow: /

User-agent: Screaming Frog
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: /*?*

User-agent: DataForSeoBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Barkrowler
Disallow: /

User-agent: BUbiNG
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: DuckDuckGo-Favicons-Bot
Disallow: /

# ===== ADDITIONAL ALLOW RULES FOR IMPORTANT CONTENT =====
User-agent: *
Allow: /assets/logo/android-chrome-*.png
Allow: /assets/logo/apple-touch-icon.png
Allow: /assets/logo/favicon.ico
Allow: /assets/logo/favicon.svg
Allow: /assets/logo/favicon-*.png
Allow: /assets/logo/site.webmanifest
Allow: /robots.txt
Allow: /sitemap.xml
Allow: /sitemap
Allow: /ads.txt
Allow: /security.txt

# ===== DISALLOW TEMPORARY FILES =====
Disallow: /*.tmp$
Disallow: /*.temp$
Disallow: /*.swp$
Disallow: /*.swo$
Disallow: /*.bak$
Disallow: /*.old$
Disallow: /*.cache$
Disallow: /*.log$

# ===== DISALLOW VERSION CONTROL DIRECTORIES =====
Disallow: /.git/
Disallow: /.svn/
Disallow: /.hg/
Disallow: /.idea/
Disallow: /.vscode/
Disallow: /.DS_Store
Disallow: /.env
Disallow: /.env.example

# ===== DISALLOW EMAIL AND CONTACT FORM SUBMISSIONS =====
Disallow: /send-mail
Disallow: /contact-form
Disallow: /submit-form
Disallow: /contact-us/send
Disallow: /api/contact

# ===== DISALLOW API ENDPOINTS =====
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /api/v1/
Disallow: /graphql
Disallow: /rest/

# ===== CRAWL RATE SETTINGS (OPTIONAL) =====
# Host: https://4kiptv.app
# Crawl-delay: 1

# ===== COMMENT BLOCK =====
# This robots.txt file is configured for optimal SEO for 4K IPTV Europe
# 
# All important pages are allowed including:
#   - Main pages (Home, Pricing, Reseller, Features, Channels, Installation, FAQ, Our App, Contact)
#   - Legal pages (Privacy, Terms, Refund, DMCA, Cookie Policy)
#   - Error pages (403, 404, 405, 500, 503)
#   - Blog pages (30+ articles covering IPTV guides, setup, and country-specific content)
#   - Sitemap.html and sitemap.xml
# 
# DMCA page (dmca.html) is allowed for search engines to index
# 
# Bad bots are blocked to preserve server resources
# Sitemap is referenced for Google Search Console
# 
# Key SEO pages for 4K IPTV Europe:
#   - 4K IPTV subscription plans from €5/month with 30% discount
#   - 25,000+ live channels, 150,000+ movies, 60,000+ series
#   - Premium 4K Ultra HD streaming with zero buffering
#   - Reseller program with up to 80% commission
#   - Supported in UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, and 130+ countries
# 
# Last updated: April 1, 2026