# #EXAMPLE METHOD #2 - EXCLUDE BY DIRECTORY # #Tip: If you use this file as your template, remove all the comments # before uploading it. # #Tip #2: To avoid potential discrimination, avoid naming your files #or directories where they include the name or initials of the #search engine. Instead, use generic names like "Product1" or #"Product2", etc. # #This subsection will show how to disallow all pages from AltaVista, #except for the MyAltaVistaDirectory/ which is not included in the #list of disallowed pages below. AltaVista's agent name is called #"Scooter". #The idea below is to exclude all pages that do not apply to AltaVista. #You would of course replace these directories with your own directory # names. User-agent: Scooter Disallow: /MyInfoseekDirectory/ Disallow: /MyInktomiDirectory/ Disallow: /MyExciteDirectory/ Disallow: /MyGoogleDirectory/ Disallow: /MyLycosDirectory/ Disallow: /MyFastWebDirectory/ Disallow: /MyDirectHitDirectory/ #This subsection will show how to disallow all pages from Infoseek/Go, #except for the MyInfoseekDirectory/ which is not included in the list of #disallowed directories below User-agent: Infoseek Disallow: /MyAltaVistaDirectory/ Disallow: /MyInktomiDirectory/ Disallow: /MyExciteDirectory/ Disallow: /MyGoogleDirectory/ Disallow: /MyLycosDirectory/ Disallow: /MyFastWebDirectory/ Disallow: /MyDirectHitDirectory/ #This subsection will show how to disallow the Inktomi spider from all #directories below except your Inktomi directory. #Therefore Hotbot, MSN, Goto, Snap, Looksmart, AOL Search and Iwon will #all have access to your Inktomi directory since they are Inktomi based #engines. That's why we suggest grouping all Inktomi engines under #one directory since its not required to put them in separate #directories. #We are not aware of a way to handle each Inktomi engine differently #since they all depend on the same spider. However, many times #a handful of well designed pages can get you ranked well in all #the Inktomi engines. User-agent: Slurp Disallow: /MyAltaVistaDirectory/ Disallow: /MyInfoseekDirectory/ Disallow: /MyExciteDirectory/ Disallow: /MyGoogleDirectory/ Disallow: /MyLycosDirectory/ Disallow: /MyFastWebDirectory/ Disallow: /MyDirectHitDirectory/ #This subsection will show how to disallow the Excite spider from all #directories below except your Excite directory. #Therefore Excite and WebCrawler will both have access to your Excite #directory since they are both Excite based engines. #We are not aware of a way to handle Excite & WebCrawler differently #since they all depend on the same spider. User-agent: ArchitextSpider Disallow: /MyAltaVistaDirectory/ Disallow: /MyInfoseekDirectory/ Disallow: /MyInktomiDirectory/ Disallow: /MyGoogleDirectory/ Disallow: /MyLycosDirectory/ Disallow: /MyFastWebDirectory/ Disallow: /MyDirectHitDirectory/ #This subsection will show how to disallow the Google spider from all #directories below except your Google directory. #Therefore Google, Netscape, and Yahoo Web Pages will #all have access to your Google directory since they are Google based #engines. #We are not aware of a way to handle each Google engine differently #since they all depend on the same spider. However, many times #a handful of well designed pages can get you ranked well in all Google #engines. User-agent: Googlebot Disallow: /MyAltaVistaDirectory/ Disallow: /MyInfoseekDirectory/ Disallow: /MyInktomiDirectory/ Disallow: /MyExciteDirectory/ Disallow: /MyLycosDirectory/ Disallow: /MyFastWebDirectory/ Disallow: /MyDirectHitDirectory/ #This subsection will show how to disallow all pages from Lycos, except #for MyLycosDirectory/ which is not included in the list of disallowed #directories below. User-agent: Lycos Disallow: /MyAltaVistaDirectory/ Disallow: /MyInfoseekDirectory/ Disallow: /MyInktomiDirectory/ Disallow: /MyExciteDirectory/ Disallow: /MyGoogleDirectory/ Disallow: /MyFastWebDirectory/ Disallow: /MyDirectHitDirectory/ #This subsection will show how to disallow all pages from Fast, except #for MyFastWebDirectory/ which is not included in the list of disallowed #directories below User-agent: Fast Disallow: /MyAltaVistaDirectory/ Disallow: /MyInfoseekDirectory/ Disallow: /MyInktomiDirectory/ Disallow: /MyExciteDirectory/ Disallow: /MyGoogleDirectory/ Disallow: /MyLycosDirectory/ Disallow: /MyDirectHitDirectory/ #This subsection will show how to disallow all pages from DirectHit #except for MyDirectHitDirectory/ which is not included in the list of #disallowed directories below User-agent: Grabber Disallow: /MyAltaVistaDirectory/ Disallow: /MyInfoseekDirectory/ Disallow: /MyInktomiDirectory/ Disallow: /MyExciteDirectory/ Disallow: /MyGoogleDirectory/ Disallow: /MyLycosDirectory/ Disallow: /MyFastDirectory/ **Use your "Back" button**