Exploiting Bot Access Boundaries
Placing a valid robots.txt file exactly in your website's root domain path gives you absolute logical authority over billions of automated scrapers mapping the open internet. Without it, you are broadcasting private login portals entirely publicly.
Blocking AI Vectors (GPTBot & Claude)
In the modern Search Engine Optimization timeline, preventing massive Artificial Intelligence models from scraping your proprietary content without compensation frequently involves rejecting wildcard agents. Mapping explicit Disallow directives against user-agents like `GPTBot` or `OAI - SearchBot` technically secures your written vectors.