# prohibit all web scrapers, with the EXCEPTION of google ads, ONLY for ads.txt

# -- helpfully "borrowed" from https://gaslight.gatekeep.girlboss.ceo/robots.txt --
# I opt out of online advertising so malware that injects ads on my site won't
# get paid. You should do the same. my ads.txt file contains a standard
# placeholder to forbid any compliant ad networks from paying for ad placement
# on my domain.
User-Agent: Adsbot
User-Agent: AdsBot-Google
User-Agent: AdsBot-Google-Mobile
Disallow: /
Allow: /ads.txt
Allow: /app-ads.txt

# you can go quietly, or you can get ban hammered
User-Agent: *
Disallow: /