#Robots.txt usage # This bars all robots from the cgi-bin and images directories User-agent: * Disallow: /cgi-bin/ Disallow: /images/ #EXAMPLES #The following allows all robots to visit all files because the wildcard "*" specifies all robots. #User-agent: * #Disallow: #This one keeps all robots out. #User-agent: * #Disallow: / #The next one bars all robots from the cgi-bin and images directories: #User-agent: * #Disallow: /cgi-bin/ #Disallow: /images/ #This one bans Roverdog from all files on the server: #User-agent: Roverdog #Disallow: / #This one bans keeps googlebot from getting at the cheese.htm file: #User-agent: googlebot #Disallow: cheese.htm #For more complex examples, try retrieving some of the robots.txt files from the big sites like Cnn, or Looksmart.