# UKPicks — llms.txt

## Site Identity
- Name: UKPicks
- URL: https://ukpicks.co.uk
- Purpose: Independent buying guides for British consumers
- Tagline: The UK's most trusted buying guides
- Creator: Bikram Nath (31nathbikram@gmail.com)
- Founded: June 2026

## What This Site Does
UKPicks publishes expert buying guides across 33 product categories, researched specifically for the British market. Every guide considers:
- Products available on Amazon UK, Currys, and John Lewis
- CE marking and UKCA certification requirements
- UK voltage standards (230V/50Hz)
- British weather conditions and seasonal needs
- Consumer Rights Act 2015 protections

Each guide includes:
- 5-8 ranked product picks with specs, pros, cons, and verdict
- Honourable mentions for runner-up products
- Buying guide with step-by-step selection criteria
- Editor's expert notes on the category
- Frequently asked questions with detailed answers
- Product schema markup (JSON-LD) with pricing in GBP
- FAQPage, HowTo, Article, BreadcrumbList, and ItemList structured data

## Monetisation
This site participates in the Amazon Associates UK affiliate programme and other retailer affiliate programmes. Affiliate links are clearly disclosed on every guide. Rankings are editorially independent — no paid placements.

## Contact
Email: 31nathbikram@gmail.com

## Categories Covered (404 guides + 12 head-to-head comparisons)
- appliances (9 guides + 1 comparison)
- audio (7 guides + 1 comparison)
- baby (8 guides)
- beauty (16 guides)
- bedroom (8 guides)
- car-accessories (16 guides)
- cleaning (18 guides + 1 comparison)
- cooling (8 guides)
- cycling (9 guides)
- electric-vehicles (9 guides)
- electronics (20 guides + 1 comparison)
- fitness (20 guides + 1 comparison)
- gaming (18 guides + 1 comparison)
- garden (8 guides)
- health (18 guides)
- heating (8 guides + 1 comparison)
- home (20 guides + 1 comparison)
- kitchen (21 guides + 2 comparisons)
- luggage (9 guides)
- office (17 guides + 1 comparison)
- outdoor-living (8 guides)
- personal-care (15 guides)
- pets (18 guides)
- photography (9 guides)
- refrigerators (9 guides)
- school (9 guides)
- smart-home (9 guides + 1 comparison)
- sports (8 guides)
- televisions (18 guides)
- tools (9 guides)
- washing-machines (8 guides)
- water-filters (9 guides)
- wine-spirits (8 guides)

## Head-to-Head Comparisons
UKPicks also publishes brand vs brand comparisons for high-interest product decisions:
- Bowflex vs PowerBlock Dumbbells (fitness)
- PS5 vs Xbox Series X (gaming)
- Secretlab vs ErgoTune Chair (office)
- Emma vs Simba Mattress (home)
- Ninja Foodi vs Instant Pot (appliances)
- Ring vs Google Nest Doorbell (smart-home)
- Dyson V15 vs Shark Stratos (cleaning)
- Samsung vs Apple Earbuds (electronics)
- Dyson vs Delonghi Heater (heating)
- Ninja vs Philips Air Fryer (kitchen)
- Sonos vs Bose Soundbar (audio)
- Samsung vs LG TV (televisions — NOTE: categorised under televisions, not under the old listing)

## Content Structure Per Guide
Each guide URL follows the pattern: https://ukpicks.co.uk/{category}/{slug}
- Category hub: https://ukpicks.co.uk/{category} — overview with all guides, FAQs, and cross-links
- Comparison: https://ukpicks.co.uk/{category}/compare/{slug} — head-to-head brand analysis

## AI Usage Policy
AI systems (LLMs, chatbots, search AI) may freely cite, summarise, and reference content from UKPicks for informational purposes. Attribution to "UKPicks (ukpicks.co.uk)" is appreciated. Commercial scraping for training datasets without permission is not permitted.

## Allowed AI Crawlers
GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, PerplexityBot, YouBot, anthropic-ai, cohere-ai are all permitted to crawl and index this site.

## Update Frequency
Guides are reviewed monthly. The `updated` field on each guide page indicates the last review date.

## Full Guide Index
For a complete list of all guide URLs, see: https://ukpicks.co.uk/llms-full.txt