# To specify the User-agent for Google: User-agent: googlebot # To specify the User-agent for all bots, use the "wild card" character: User-agent: * # To disallow access to a specific file in the root directory: Disallow: /private-stuff.html # To disallow access to an entire directory: Disallow: /images/ # To disallow access to the entire site: Disallow: / # This allows all bots everywhere: User-agent: * Disallow: # This disallows all bots everywhere: User-agent: * Disallow: / # This disallows all bots to several directories and files: User-agent: * Disallow: /private-file.html Disallow: /images/ Disallow: /cgi-bin/ Disallow: /search.php # This disallows access to engine specific pages: User-agent: googlebot Disallow: /index-msn.html User-agent: msnbot Disallow: /index-google.html