# WhiskeyPrice.in - Optimized Robots.txt
# Educational Information Website
# Last Updated: February 15, 2026

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# MAIN CRAWL RULES (ALL SEARCH ENGINES)
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User-agent: *
Allow: /

# --- WordPress Admin & Login Pages ---
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Disallow: /wp-login.php
Disallow: /wp-includes/

# --- WooCommerce Cart & Checkout Pages ---
Disallow: /cart/
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: /my-account/
Disallow: /*add-to-cart=*

# --- Search & Filter Pages (CRITICAL - Prevents Duplicate Content) ---
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /*?*filter*
Disallow: /*?*orderby*
Disallow: /*?*sort*
Disallow: /*?min_price*
Disallow: /*?max_price*
Disallow: /*?rating_filter*
Disallow: /*?*currency*
Disallow: /*?*paged*
Disallow: /page/*/?*

# --- Product Tags & Archives with Parameters ---
Disallow: /product-tag/*?*
Disallow: /tag/*?*
Disallow: /category/*?*
Disallow: /shop/?*

# --- Feeds & Trackbacks ---
Disallow: */feed/
Disallow: */trackback/
Disallow: */xmlrpc.php
Disallow: /wp-*.php

# --- Temporary & Session Files ---
Disallow: /*?replytocom=
Disallow: /*?attachment_id=
Disallow: /*?preview=
Disallow: /cgi-bin/

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# GOOGLEBOT SPECIFIC RULES
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User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
Disallow: /wp-login.php
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /*?*filter*
Disallow: /*?*sort*
Disallow: /*?*paged*
Disallow: /cart/
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: /*add-to-cart=*

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# GOOGLE EXTENDED (AI Training)
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User-agent: Google-Extended
Allow: /

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# BING BOT
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User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-login.php
Disallow: /*?*filter*
Disallow: /*?*sort*
Disallow: /cart/
Disallow: /*add-to-cart=*

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# YANDEX BOT
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User-agent: YandexBot
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /*?*filter*
Disallow: /cart/

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# BAIDU SPIDER
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User-agent: Baiduspider
Allow: /
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /cart/

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# SITEMAPS
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Sitemap: https://whiskeyprice.in/sitemap_index.xml
Sitemap: https://whiskeyprice.in/sitemap.xml