# 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


# 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: Mediapartners-Google* 
Disallow: /catalog/admin/
Disallow: /catalog/download/
Disallow: /catalog/images/
Disallow: /catalog/includes/
Disallow: /catalog/pub/
Disallow: /catalog/video/
Disallow: /catalog/account.php
Disallow: /catalog/index.php?currency
Disallow: /catalog/login.php
Disallow: /catalog/shopping_cart.php
Disallow: /catalog/checkout_shipping.php
Disallow: /catalog/advanced_search.php
Disallow: /catalog/advanced_search_result.php
Disallow: /catalog/contact_us.php
Disallow: /catalog/conditions.php
Disallow: /catalog/create_account.php
Disallow: /catalog/privacy.php
Disallow: /catalog/shipping.php
Disallow: /catalog/shopping_cart.php
Disallow: /catalog/account.php
Disallow: /catalog/popup_image.php
Disallow: /catalog/popup_search_help.php
Disallow: /catalog/popup_shipping.php
Disallow: /catalog/product_new.php
Disallow: /aerogrow/
Disallow: /books/
Disallow: /images/
Disallow: /includes/
Disallow: /logos/
Disallow: /maps/
Disallow: /photos/
Disallow: /rss/


# 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: /catalog/
Disallow: /aerogrow/
Disallow: /books/
Disallow: /images/
Disallow: /includes/
Disallow: /logos/
Disallow: /maps/
Disallow: /photos/
Disallow: /rss/


# This says to apply these settings to ALL search engine spiders/crawlers
User-agent: *
Disallow: /catalog/admin/
Disallow: /catalog/download/
Disallow: /catalog/images/
Disallow: /catalog/includes/
Disallow: /catalog/pub/
Disallow: /catalog/video/
Disallow: /catalog/account.php
Disallow: /catalog/index.php?currency
Disallow: /catalog/login.php
Disallow: /catalog/shopping_cart.php
Disallow: /catalog/checkout_shipping.php
Disallow: /catalog/advanced_search.php
Disallow: /catalog/advanced_search_result.php
Disallow: /catalog/contact_us.php
Disallow: /catalog/conditions.php
Disallow: /catalog/create_account.php
Disallow: /catalog/privacy.php
Disallow: /catalog/shipping.php
Disallow: /catalog/shopping_cart.php
Disallow: /catalog/account.php
Disallow: /catalog/popup_image.php
Disallow: /catalog/popup_search_help.php
Disallow: /catalog/popup_shipping.php
Disallow: /catalog/product_new.php
Disallow: /aerogrow/
Disallow: /books/
Disallow: /images/
Disallow: /includes/
Disallow: /logos/
Disallow: /maps/
Disallow: /photos/
Disallow: /rss/