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# llms.txt - AI / LLM Usage Policy
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# Website: https://www.privateistanbulguide.com/
# Owner: Romos Travel Agency (TURSAB A-13114)
# Description: PrivateIstanbulGuide.com offers custom private Istanbul tours led by licensed local experts since 2009. Operated by Romos Travel Agency, we specialize in bespoke cultural, historic, culinary, and family-friendly Istanbul excursions with flexible options including shore excursions, Bosphorus cruises, and curated multi-day experiences.
# Contact: booking@privateistanbulguide.com
# Policy: https://www.privateistanbulguide.com/terms/
# Last-Updated: 2025-08-19
# Notes: This file defines our content-use preferences for AI/LLM crawlers.
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# Global Rules
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User-Agent: *
Training: disallow            # Do NOT use our content for AI training or fine-tuning.
Derivatives: disallow         # Do NOT build derivative datasets from our content.
Commercial-Use: disallow      # Do NOT use our content in paid AI services.
Research-Use: allow           # Academic/non-commercial research is allowed.
Attribution: require          # Always credit our site if quoting or summarizing.
Rate-Limit: 1rps              # Max 1 request per second.
Respect-Cache: yes

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# Allowed (public-facing content)
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Allow: /
Allow: /blog/
Allow: /contact-us/
Allow: /tour/
Allow: /guided-istanbul-tours/
Allow: /tour/private-guided-istanbul-tour/
Allow: /tour/private-half-day-guided-istanbul-tour/
Allow: /tour/istanbul-guided-self-schedule-tour/
Allow: /tour/3-days-private-guided-istanbul-tour-package/
Allow: /tour/5-day-private-tour-istanbul/
Allow: /tour/istanbul-islamic-heritages-tour/
Allow: /wp-content/uploads/

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# Disallowed (sensitive/private)
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Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-login.php
Disallow: /wp-includes/
Disallow: /cart/
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: /my-account/
Disallow: /account/
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /feed/
Disallow: /xmlrpc.php
Disallow: /cdn-cgi/

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# AI Crawlers (explicit blocks)
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User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Disallow: /

User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /

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# Sitemaps (for context, not training)
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Sitemap: https://www.privateistanbulguide.com/sitemap_index.xml