# 1. Block aggressive non-search bots completely to save server resources User-agent: AhrefsBot Disallow: / User-agent: Amazonbot Disallow: / # 2. Keep Googlebot open so you don't lose search rankings # Note: Googlebot ignores Crawl-delay, manage its speed in Google Search Console instead User-agent: Googlebot Disallow: # 3. Apply a conservative delay to all other compliant bots (Bing, DuckDuckGo, etc.) User-agent: * Crawl-delay: 10