Robot.txt file for: npr.org

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# Changes are tracked in www-render

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Disallow: /account/
Disallow: /proxy/
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Disallow: /rundowns/segment.php?
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# Disallowing the OpenAI web crawler
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# Disallowing OpenAI plugins
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# Disallowing Google Bard and Vertex AI web crawlers
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# Allow Google Search Console for sitemap crawling
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User-agent: Google-Image
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User-agent: Google-Video
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