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Yale Appliance – STORE robots.txt
Last updated: 2025-08-07
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User-agent: *

# Core utility paths (no SEO value)
Disallow: /wishlist
Disallow: /checkout/*
Disallow: /compare
Disallow: /customer/*
Disallow: /paypal/*
Disallow: /request-quote*
Disallow: /media/document_assets/*
Disallow: /media/designer/
Disallow: /blackhole

# Internal search results
Disallow: /search

# Faceted-navigation & pagination parameters
Disallow: /?color=
Disallow: /?price=
Disallow: /?brand=
Disallow: /?page=

# Tracking & marketing parameters (duplicates)
Disallow: /?utm_
Disallow: /?gclid=
Disallow: /?__hstc=
Disallow: /?_ga=
Disallow: /?_hsenc=
Disallow: /?_wtime=
Disallow: /?hsFormKey=
Disallow: /?cta_guid=

# HubSpot system redirect stubs (occasionally appear on www)
Disallow: /cs/c/
Disallow: /_hcms/

User-agent: SeekportBot
Crawl-delay: 10

user-agent: Pinterestbot
Crawl-delay: 10

User-agent: dotbot
Crawl-delay: 10

User-agent: SemrushBot
Crawl-delay: 10