# Accept all robots User-agent: * Disallow: # Refuse all robots #User-agent: * #Disallow: / # Refuse specific directories to all robots #User-agent: * #Disallow: /cgi-bin/ #Disallow: /tmp/ #Disallow: /private/ # Refuse all to a specific robot #User-agent: robot_name #Disallow: / # * means "any robot" and cannot be used for other purposes (i.e.: *.gif) # examples of robots names: # WebCrawler # scooter # (AltaVista) # vscooter # (AltaVista Image Search)