# The following allows all robots to visit all files because the wildcard "*" specifies all robots. # User-agent: * # Disallow: # This one keeps all robots out. # User-agent: * # Disallow: / # The next one bars all robots from the cgi-bin and images directories: # User-agent: * # Disallow: /cgi-bin/ # Disallow: /images/ # This one bans Roverdog from all files on the server: # User-agent: Roverdog # Disallow: / # This one bans keeps googlebot from getting at the cheese.htm file: # User-agent: googlebot # Disallow: cheese.htm # For more complex examples, try retrieving some of the robots.txt files from the big sites like Cnn, or Looksmart. User-agent: * Disallow: /_derived/ Disallow: /_fpclass/ Disallow: /_private/ Disallow: /_vti_cnf/ Disallow: /_vti_pvt/ Disallow: /audio/ Disallow: /cgi-bin/ Disallow: /data/ Disallow: /dev/ Disallow: /eXPansive/ Disallow: /eXPerience/ Disallow: /fpdb/ Disallow: /images/ Disallow: /logon/ Disallow: /old/ Disallow: /preview/ Disallow: /vhosts/ Disallow: /video/ Disallow: resume.doc Disallow: resume.pdf