# ChennaiIQ Robots.txt
# https://chennaiiq.com - India's Complete Information Portal

# Canonical host
Host: https://chennaiiq.com

# Default rule: Allow all crawlers
User-agent: *
Allow: /

# Block API endpoints (not meant for indexing)
Disallow: /api/

# Block admin section
Disallow: /admin/

# Block query parameters that create duplicate content
# Note: ?page= is allowed for crawling paginated content (stations, trains)
# Pages use rel="prev/next" and self-referencing canonicals for SEO
Disallow: /*?sort=
Disallow: /*?filter=

# Sitemap Index (contains all 79 child sitemaps)
# Google automatically discovers all child sitemaps from the index
Sitemap: https://chennaiiq.com/sitemap-index.xml