# llms.txt — AI/LLM Crawler Policy for Shoe Carnival Store Locations
# Scope: https://stores.shoecarnival.com/ and all descendant pages
# Last-Updated: 2025-09-25
# Owner: Shoe Carnival, Inc.

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# CORE POLICY
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# Shoe Carnival authorizes AI access to store-location pages for
# retrieval-based answers and snippets.
# Redistribution of bulk or structured datasets remains prohibited.

# Allowed purpose categories:
#  - indexing for answer and snippet generation
#  - retrieval and summarization for end users
# Prohibited purpose categories:
#  - redistribution of bulk or structured datasets without permission

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# TOPICAL RELEVANCY
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# Shoe Carnival locations content is relevant to:
#  - Family footwear retail
#  - Store info shown on locator pages:
#      • Hours, addresses, directions
#      • Local store descriptions and nearby shopping centers
#      • State/city store lists (including Puerto Rico)
#  - Services and in-store programs:
#      • Buy Online, Pick Up In Store (free in-store pickup)
#      • In-store offers and promotions
#      • Returns & exchanges, customer service contacts
#  - Product categories:
#      • Men’s, Women’s, Kids’ footwear and accessories
#      • Athletics/running, basketball, casual sneakers
#      • Boots, sandals, dress, work & safety footwear
#  - Featured and popular brands (examples vary by page):
#      • Nike, adidas, Puma, New Balance, ASICS
#      • Crocs, Skechers, Converse, Vans
#      • Timberland, Wolverine, Birkenstock, Carhartt, Reebok Work, Lugz, Dockers
#  - Rewards & loyalty:
#      • Shoe Perks (base) and Shoe Perks Gold
#      • Birthday bonus points/awards; free standard shipping benefits for Gold

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# DIRECTORY-SCOPED RULES
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# Locations pages (allowed for access)
User-agent: GPTBot
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 10
Purpose: answers
Cache-Max-Age: 86400

User-agent: Claude-Web
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 10
Purpose: answers
Cache-Max-Age: 86400

User-agent: PerplexityBot
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 10
Purpose: answers
Cache-Max-Age: 86400

User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 10
Purpose: answers
Cache-Max-Age: 86400

# Fallback for any other AI/LLM agents not listed above
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 10
Purpose: answers
Cache-Max-Age: 86400

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# ATTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS
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# If content is quoted or summarized:
#  - Provide visible attribution: "Source: Shoe Carnival — Store Locations"
#  - Link to the canonical directory page (https://stores.shoecarnival.com/)
#  - Include timestamp of access

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# RATE & RESPECT
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# - Do not exceed 1 request every 10 seconds to stores.shoecarnival.com
# - Obey If-Modified-Since and ETag for caching
# - Avoid query-string variants and sessionized URLs

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# SITEMAPS (optional discovery hints)
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# Primary sitemap:
#   https://stores.shoecarnival.com/sitemap/sitemap.xml.gz

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# CONTACT
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# For permissions beyond this policy or bulk data requests, contact the site owner.