# 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 # 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: / # 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: /test/ # These settings will keep spiders from indexing your unwanted pages Disallow: /test.asp