# Sample robots.txt file (make sure the filename is ALL LOWERCASE on #Linux/Unix systems) # This file should go in your web site's ROOT directory # The root directory is where your site's main /index.html file would #be found # It is usually found in /yourhomedir/public_html/ or #/yourhomedir/httpdocs # Where "yourhomedir" is your user account's name # # We invite you to also check out our popular contribution: Simple #Template System (STS) # It lets you layout or change your OSC look-and-feel by modifying a single HTML file # http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,1524 or #SimpleTemplateSystem.com # Enjoy! - Brian Gallagher @ DiamondSea.com # This says to apply these settings to ALL search engine # spiders/crawlers # These settings will keep spiders from indexing your unwanted pages # This assumes that your OSC install is in your web site's ROOT #directory # ie: http://www.yoursite.com/index.php <- Use if this brings up your #OSC main page User-agent: * Disallow: /admin/ Disallow: /cgi-bin/ Disallow: /download/ Disallow: /images/ Disallow: /includes/ Disallow: /local/ Disallow: /temp/ Disallow: /test/ Disallow: /tmp/ Disallow: /tstparties/ Disallow: /account.php Disallow: /account_edit.php Disallow: /account_history.php Disallow: /account_history_info.php Disallow: /account_newsletters.php Disallow: /account_notifications.php Disallow: /account_password.php Disallow: /address_book.php Disallow: /address_book_process.php Disallow: /advanced_search.php Disallow: /advanced_search_result.php Disallow: /checkout_payment.php Disallow: /checkout_payment_address.php Disallow: /checkout_shipping.php Disallow: /checkout_shipping_address.php Disallow: /checkout_success.php Disallow: /cookie_usage.php Disallow: /create_account.php Disallow: /create_account_success.php Disallow: /download.php Disallow: /ipn.php Disallow: /info_shopping_cart.php Disallow: /login.php Disallow: /logoff.php Disallow: /password_forgotten.php Disallow: /popup_image.php Disallow: /redirect.php Disallow: /shopping_cart.php Disallow: /ssl_check.php Disallow: /stylesheet.css Disallow: /tell_a_friend.php Disallow:/parties/wholesale/insidepassage.html Disallow:/parties/wholesale/prange-jones.html Disallow:/partypics/ Disallow:/bdaybears/relayforlifemedfield/ Disallow:/bdaybears/sjefferies/ Disallow:/bdaybears/sstotts/ Disallow:/bdaybears/stroiano/ Disallow:/bdaybears/tdaugherty/ Disallow:/bdaybears/teddyfromtheheart/ Disallow:/bdaybears/portagecountysalvationarmy Disallow:/bdaybears/psiiotaxi/ Disallow:/bdaybears/pgraves/ Disallow:/bdaybears/lthornburg/ Disallow:/bdaybears/lwilkerson/ Disallow:/bdaybears/nlocke/ Disallow:/bdaybears/dcobb/ Disallow:/bdaybears/dlaures/ Disallow:/bdaybears/gmartinez/ Disallow:/bdaybears/jculbert/ Disallow:/bdaybears/kholt/ Disallow:/bdaybears/ltasber/ Disallow:/bdaybears/ahaner/ Disallow:/bdaybears/aordodi/ Disallow:/bdaybears/artistshc/ Disallow:/bdaybears/cflowers/ Disallow:/bdaybears/ckaniecki/ Disallow:/bdaybears/kzwygart/ Disallow:/bdaybears/vcarlson/ Disallow:/bdaybears/wesleychristianschool/ Disallow:/bdaybears/yshirley/ Disallow:/bdaybears/adejesus/ Disallow:/bdaybears/mtakabayashi/ Disallow:/bdaybears/ctaylor/ Disallow:/bdaybears/bboulting/ Disallow:/bdaybears/jjackson/ Disallow:/bdaybears/html-backup Disallow:/bdaybears/documentation Disallow:/OLD_HTML/ # Feel free to add any other pages on your site that you don't want to #be indexed by # the search engines. # PLEASE NOTE: Any pages that you list here should be secured by other #means if you # don't want people to be able to view them, as some malicious users #will look at a # robots.txt file to try to find "hidden" or "secret" areas of web #sites to find # confidential information. # Just Uncomment a line or add new ones as you see fit. # Disallow: /private # Disallow: /hidden # IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO HAVE THE GOOGLE IMAGE BOT SCAN YOUR DOMAIN FOR #IMAGES # THEN YOU CAN INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING IN YOUR ROBOTS FILE. # I FOUND THAT MY BANDWIDTH USAGE DROPPED BY A MASSIVE AMOUNT AFTER I #GOT RID # OF THE GOOGLE IMAGE BOT. ALL I HAD WAS IMAGE HUNTERS STEALING PRODUCT #SHOTS # AND NOT EVEN BROWSING THE SITE. User-agent: Googlebot-Image Disallow: /