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docs: update README.md and DEVELOPMENT.md to match latest robots.txt policy
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DEVELOPMENT.md

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**Security & Protection:**
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- ✅ Enhanced 404 page with navigation buttons and Bootstrap icons
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- ✅ Comprehensive `robots.txt` with crawler access control
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- Allows: Googlebot, Bingbot, Slurp with 10-second crawl delay
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- Blocks: MJ12bot, AhrefsBot, SemrushBot, DotBot, PetalBot, DataForSeoBot
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- Restricts: `/images/`, `/assets/`, `/css/`, `/js/` directories
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- Allows: major search engines (Googlebot, Bingbot, Slurp, DuckDuckBot, etc.)
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- Blocks: known heavy scraper / SEO bots (AhrefsBot, SemrushBot, MJ12bot, DotBot, PetalBot, DataForSeoBot)
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- Avoids `Crawl-delay` (ignored by Googlebot and may trigger Search Console warnings)
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- Restricts: internal build artifacts only (`/_site/`, `/bin/`)
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- ✅ Apache security configuration (`.htaccess`)
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- Directory browsing disabled
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- Security headers (X-Frame-Options, X-XSS-Protection, etc.)
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- Test theme compatibility
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3. **Security Review:**
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- Review `robots.txt` blocked crawlers
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- Review `robots.txt` blocked scraper list (and confirm sitemap URL)
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- Update `.htaccess` security headers
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- Check GitHub Pages security settings
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README.md

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## Security Features
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-**Crawler Protection:** `robots.txt` controls search engine access
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-**Crawler Protection:** `robots.txt` allows major search engines and blocks known heavy scraper bots
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-**Custom 404 Page:** User-friendly error handling with navigation
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-**DDoS Protection:** GitHub Pages + Cloudflare CDN
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-**Security Headers:** Content security and XSS protection

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