Standard Robots.txt file

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November 20th, 2008, 05:49 PM

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Standard Robots.txt file

Hi Guys

For a while I have been trying to standardise the robots.txt file I use. The only "rogue" bots that I have found are listed in the file I am using as my standard file below.

For a while I just used a blank file but as I charge for it as part of an initial set up package I thought I should really develop the list a bit.

Does anyone else use a standardised robots.txt file or is the consensus to just use a blank file unless a particular bot becomes a problem?

Thanks

Code:

User-agent: Microsoft URL Control 6.00.8862 
Disallow: /

User-agent: Microsoft URL Control 5.01.4511
Disallow: /

User-agent: Microsoft URL Control 6.00.8169
Disallow: /

User-agent: Microsoft URL Control
Disallow: /

User-agent: URL Control
Disallow: /

User-agent: TurnitinBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: TurnitinBot/2.0
Disallow: /

User-agent: Roverbot
Disallow: /

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