# 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/crawlersUser-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 pageDisallow: /adminDisallow: /account.phpDisallow: /advanced_search.phpDisallow: /checkout_shipping.phpDisallow: /create_account.phpDisallow: /login.phpDisallow: /login.phpDisallow: /password_forgotten.phpDisallow: /popup_image.phpDisallow: /shopping_cart.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/index.php <- Use if this brings up your OSC main pageDisallow: /adminDisallow: /account.phpDisallow: /advanced_search.phpDisallow: /checkout_shipping.phpDisallow: /create_account.phpDisallow: /login.phpDisallow: /login.phpDisallow: /password_forgotten.phpDisallow: /popup_image.phpDisallow: /shopping_cart.php# 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-ImageDisallow: /
User-agent: BizInformation
Disallow: /