# 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 User-agent: * # Directory: Disallow: /directory/cp/ Disallow: /directory/banner/ Disallow: /directory/banner2/ Disallow: /directory/documents/ Disallow: /directory/includes/ Disallow: /directory/gallery/ Disallow: /directory/fonts/ Disallow: /directory/lang/ Disallow: /directory/logo/ Disallow: /directory/offer/ Disallow: /directory/upload/ Disallow: /directory/template/ Disallow: /directory/docs/ Disallow: /directory/remind.php Disallow: /directory/outputPDF.php Disallow: /directory/mail- Disallow: /directory/review- Disallow: /directory/mail2 # 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 Disallow: /admin Disallow: /account.php Disallow: /advanced_search.php Disallow: /checkout_shipping.php Disallow: /checkout.php Disallow: /create_account.php Disallow: /login.php Disallow: /password_forgotten.php Disallow: /popup_image.php Disallow: /privacy.php Disallow: /shopping_cart.php Disallow: /product_reviews_write.php Disallow: /product_reviews.php Disallow: /cookie_usage.php Disallow: /stats Disallow: /create_account.php Disallow: /products_new.php Disallow: /tracking.php Disallow: /images Disallow: /forum/login.php Disallow: /forum/modcp.php Disallow: /forum/posting.php Disallow: /forum/admin Disallow: /forum/cache Disallow: /forum/db Disallow: /forum/docs Disallow: /forum/images Disallow: /forum/includes Disallow: /forum/language Disallow: /forum/templates Disallow: /forum/privmsg.php Disallow: /forum/profile.php Disallow: /forum/memberlist.php Disallow: /forum/extension.inc Disallow: /forum/config.php Disallow: /forum/common.php Disallow: /forum/viewonline.php # 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/catalog/index.php <- Use if this brings up your OSC main page Disallow: /catalog/admin Disallow: /catalog/account.php Disallow: /catalog/advanced_search.php Disallow: /catalog/checkout_shipping.php Disallow: /catalog/create_account.php Disallow: /catalog/login.php Disallow: /catalog/password_forgotten.php Disallow: /catalog/popup_image.php Disallow: /catalog/shopping_cart.php Disallow: /catalog/product_reviews_write.php Disallow: /catalog/product_reviews_write.php Disallow: /catalog/cookie_usage.php Disallow: /catalog/privacy.php Disallow: /catalog/stats Disallow: /catalog/create_account.php Disallow: /catalog/products_new.php Disallow: /catalog/tracking.php Disallow: /catalog/images # 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: / User-agent: ichiro Disallow: / # phpBB stuff User-agent: * Disallow: /forum/viewtopic.php Disallow: /forum/viewforum.php Disallow: /forum/index.php? Disallow: /forum/posting.php Disallow: /forum/groupcp.php Disallow: /forum/search.php Disallow: /forum/login.php Disallow: /forum/privmsg.php Disallow: /forum/post Disallow: /forum/member Disallow: /forum/profile.php Disallow: /forum/memberlist.php Disallow: /forum/faq.php Disallow: /*buy_now* User-agent: linksmanager_bot Disallow: / User-agent: linksmanager Disallow: / User-agent: ia_archiver Disallow: /