# Domain:[www.ancestry.com] # # This file should reside in the root directory ancestry.XX/robots.txt # # Tells Scanning Robots Where They Are And Are Not Welcome # User-agent: can also specify by name; "*" is for all bots # Disallow: disallow if directive matches first part of requested path # # User-agent: * Disallow: /search/searchwidget.aspx Disallow: /browse/bookview.aspx Disallow: /Browse/BookView.aspx Disallow: /Browse/bookview.aspx Disallow: /Browse/print_b.aspx Disallow: /browse/print_b.aspx Disallow: /browse/print_u.aspx Disallow: /Browse/print_u.aspx Disallow: /browse/save_u.aspx Disallow: /Browse/save_u.aspx Disallow: /browse/view.aspx Disallow: /Browse/view.aspx Disallow: /iexec?htx=View Disallow: /iexec?htx=view Disallow: /iexec/?htx=View Disallow: /iexec/?htx=view Disallow: /iexec/Default.aspx?htx=view Disallow: /iexec/Default.aspx?htx=View Disallow: /promo/* Disallow: /security/* Disallow: /cs/standards/* Disallow: /HomeRedirect.aspx* Disallow: /academy/admin* Disallow: /academy/admin/* ## Below disallows are to accommodate user requests to remove a name from Google/Bing search results. The intent is to suppress known URLs that include the name. Disallow: /genealogy/records/tara-milutis_161886488 ## Proximic, comScore's bot was hitting some Acom iframe functionality on Newspapers hard User-agent: proximic Disallow: /savetoancestry* Sitemap: https://www.ancestry.com/family-trees/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://www.ancestry.com/sitemap.xml Sitemap: https://cdn-api.ooyala.com/syndication/google?k=XWIQBcHj3R ## Robots.txt additions - formerly on secure subdomain. Added for post migration ## and subdomain consolidation. User-agent: sogou spider Disallow: /secure/ User-agent: * Allow: /secure/Subscribe/Gift Disallow: /secure/register/* Disallow: /secure/security/forgotpassword.aspx Disallow: /secure/register/guestregistration.aspx Disallow: /secure/subscribe/controls/thawte.html ##Additional exclusion for one-off page that should not be served or displayed in ##search User-agent: * Disallow: /secure/FamilySearch/ReviewNgTemplate ##Robots.txt additions - trees migration User-agent: * Disallow: /family-tree/Frozone/AJAX/Command.ashx Disallow: /family-tree/pt/person.aspx Disallow: /family-tree/owt/altparent.aspx Disallow: /family-tree/*/mergefamilyupdate* ##Robots.txt exclusion for dna User-agent: * Disallow: /dna/relatedness ##Robots.txt updates for Merlin migration User-agent: * Disallow: /wiz ## Below disallows are to accommodate user requests to remove a name from Google/Bing search results. The intent is to suppress known URLs that include the name.## User-agent: * Disallow: /search/categories/34/?name=_HOTMER&name_x=1_1* Disallow: /search/categories/bmd_marriage/?name=_Bissainthe* Disallow: /search/categories/38/?name=Amalia_Passacos* Disallow: /search/categories/usfedcen/?name=Amalia_Passacos* Disallow: /search/categories/39/?name=Amalia_Passacos* Disallow: /search/categories/35/?name=Amalia_Passacos* Disallow: /search/categories/34/?name=Amalia_Passacos* Disallow: /search/categories/bmd_birth/?name=Amalia_Passacos* Disallow: /search/categories/34/?name=Amalia_Passacos&_phsrc=ChY1&_phstart=successSource* Disallow: /search/?name=Amalia_Passacos*