Robot.txt file for: ranker.com

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User-agent: *
Disallow: /app
Disallow: /commentary
Disallow: /listcommentary
Disallow: /extlink
Disallow: /node
Disallow: /suggestions
Disallow: /list/rerank.htm
Disallow: /widget
Disallow: /pics
Disallow: /review
Disallow: /amp
Disallow: /*US_CENSUS_NAME*
Allow: /app/faq.htm
User-agent: anthropic-ai
Disallow: /
User-agent: Bytespider
Disallow: /
User-agent: CCBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
Disallow: /
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Claude-Web
Disallow: /
User-agent: cohere-ai
Disallow: /
User-agent: FacebookBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Google-Extended
Disallow: /
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: omgili
Disallow: /
User-agent: omgilibot
Disallow: /
User-agent: PerplexityBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Applebot-Extended
Disallow: /

# Sitemap files
Sitemap: https://www.ranker.com/sitemaps/list/sitemap-list-index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.ranker.com/sitemaps/user/sitemap-user-index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.ranker.com/sitemaps/google-news/sitemap-google-news-index.xml
Sitemap: https://www.ranker.com/sitemaps/collection/sitemap-collection-index.xml