# 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: * # 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: /download Disallow: /images Disallow: /includes Disallow: /intimates/images Disallow: /intimates/includes Disallow: /urbanwear/images Disallow: /urbanwear/includes Disallow: /live_support Disallow: /mastercatalog Disallow: /account.php Disallow: /account_newsletters.php Disallow: /advertising.swf Disallow: /affiliate_affiliate.php Disallow: /affiliate_banners_banners.php Disallow: /affiliate_banners_text.php Disallow: /affiliate_clicks.php Disallow: /affiliate_contact.php Disallow: /affiliate_details.php Disallow: /affiliate_details_ok.php Disallow: /affiliate_faq.php Disallow: /affiliate_help1.php Disallow: /affiliate_logout.php Disallow: /affiliate_news.php Disallow: /affiliate_newsletter.php Disallow: /affiliate_password.php Disallow: /affiliate_password_forgotten.php Disallow: /affiliate_payment.php Disallow: /affiliate_sales.php Disallow: /affiliate_show_banner.php Disallow: /affiliate_signup.php Disallow: /affiliate_signup_ok.php Disallow: /affiliate_summary.php Disallow: /affiliate_terms.php Disallow: /affiliate_terms_popup.php Disallow: /auction_listings.php Disallow: /auction_product_info.php Disallow: /auctionout.php Disallow: /checkout_confirmation.php Disallow: /checkout_payment.php Disallow: /checkout_process.php Disallow: /checkout_shipping.php Disallow: /checkout_success.php Disallow: /cookie_usage.php Disallow: /create_account.php Disallow: /create_account_success.php Disallow: /EKA_intimates_main.swf Disallow: /EKA_playboy_main.swf Disallow: /EKA_urbanwear_main.swf Disallow: /eyekandee.swf Disallow: /indexold.php Disallow: /ipn.php Disallow: /login.php Disallow: /newsletters.php Disallow: /newsletters_subscribe.php Disallow: /newsletters_subscribe_success.php Disallow: /newsletters_unsubscribe.php Disallow: /newsletters_unsubscribe_done.php Disallow: /Order_Info.php Disallow: /Order_Info_Process.php Disallow: /privacy.php Disallow: /product_info.php Disallow: /redirect.php Disallow: /shopping_cart.php Disallow: /ssl_check.php Disallow: /stylesheet.css Disallow: /unsubscribe.php Disallow: /unsubscribe_done.php Disallow: /pbstore/images Disallow: /pbstore/includes Disallow: /pbstore//affiliate_affiliate.php Disallow: /pbstore//affiliate_banners_banners.php Disallow: /pbstore//affiliate_banners_text.php Disallow: /pbstore//affiliate_clicks.php Disallow: /pbstore//affiliate_contact.php Disallow: /pbstore//affiliate_details.php Disallow: /pbstore//affiliate_details_ok.php Disallow: /pbstore//affiliate_faq.php Disallow: /pbstore//affiliate_help1.php Disallow: /pbstore//affiliate_logout.php Disallow: /pbstore//affiliate_news.php Disallow: /pbstore//affiliate_newsletter.php Disallow: /pbstore//affiliate_password.php Disallow: /pbstore//affiliate_password_forgotten.php Disallow: /pbstore//affiliate_payment.php Disallow: /pbstore//affiliate_sales.php Disallow: /pbstore//affiliate_show_banner.php Disallow: /pbstore//affiliate_signup.php Disallow: /pbstore//affiliate_signup_ok.php Disallow: /pbstore//affiliate_summary.php Disallow: /pbstore//affiliate_terms.php Disallow: /pbstore//affiliate_terms_popup.php Disallow: /pbstore//checkout_confirmation.php Disallow: /pbstore//checkout_payment.php Disallow: /pbstore//checkout_process.php Disallow: /pbstore//checkout_shipping.php Disallow: /pbstore//checkout_success.php Disallow: /pbstore/ipn.php Disallow: /pbstore/popup_paypal.php Disallow: /pbstore/product_thumb.php Disallow: /pbstore/redirect.php Disallow: /pbstore/ssl_check.php Disallow: /pbstore/stylesheet.css # 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: /