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    "https://support.apple.com/en-us/119829",
    "https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/bots",
    "https://support.claude.com/en/articles/8896518-does-anthropic-crawl-content-from-the-web-and-how-can-site-owners-block-the-crawler",
    "https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/google-common-crawlers",
    "https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/crawlers-fetchers/verifying-googlebot",
    "https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/resources/perplexity-crawlers",
    "https://www.bing.com/webmasters/help/how-to-verify-bingbot-3905dc26"
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