# # robots.txt # # This file is to prevent the crawling and indexing of certain parts # of your site by web crawlers and spiders run by sites like Yahoo! # and Google. By telling these "robots" where not to go on your site, # you save bandwidth and server resources. # # This file will be ignored unless it is at the root of your host: # Used: http://example.com/robots.txt # Ignored: http://example.com/site/robots.txt # # For more information about the robots.txt standard, see: # http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html Sitemap: https://www.irs.gov/sitemap.xml User-agent: * # CSS, JS, Images Allow: /core/*.css$ Allow: /core/*.css? Allow: /core/*.js$ Allow: /core/*.js? Allow: /core/*.gif Allow: /core/*.jpg Allow: /core/*.jpeg Allow: /core/*.png Allow: /core/*.svg Allow: /profiles/*.css$ Allow: /profiles/*.css? Allow: /profiles/*.js$ Allow: /profiles/*.js? Allow: /profiles/*.gif Allow: /profiles/*.jpg Allow: /profiles/*.jpeg Allow: /profiles/*.png Allow: /profiles/*.svg # Directories Disallow: /core/ Disallow: /profiles/ # Files Disallow: /README.txt Disallow: /web.config # Paths (clean URLs) Disallow: /admin/ Disallow: /comment/reply/ Disallow: /filter/tips Disallow: /node/add/ Disallow: /search/ Disallow: /*search=* Disallow: /user/register/ Disallow: /user/password/ Disallow: /user/login/ Disallow: /user/logout/ Disallow: /zh-hans/node/ Disallow: /zh-hant/node/ Disallow: /es/node/ Disallow: /vi/node/ Disallow: /ht/node/ Disallow: /ru/node/ Disallow: /ko/node/ Disallow: /site-index-search Disallow: /*/site-index-search Disallow: /forms-pubs-search Disallow: /*/forms-pubs-search Disallow: /ita-index-search Disallow: /*/ita-index-search Disallow: /newsroom-index-search Disallow: /*/newsroom-index-search Disallow: /notices-index-search Disallow: /*/notices-index-search Disallow: /faq-index-search Disallow: /*/faq-index-search Disallow: /statistics-index-search Disallow: /*/statistics-index-search Disallow: /forms-pubs-accessible-search Disallow: /*/forms-pubs-accessible-search Disallow: /efile-index-taxpros-search Disallow: /*/efile-index-taxpros-search Disallow: /forms-pubs-prior-search Disallow: /*/forms-pubs-prior-search Disallow: /tax-pros-index-search Disallow: /*/tax-pros-index-search Disallow: /newsroom-index-search Disallow: /*/newsroom-index-search Disallow: /forms-pubs-all-search Disallow: /*/forms-pubs-all-search Disallow: /efile-index-taxpayer-search Disallow: /*/efile-index-taxpayer-search Disallow: /charities-non-profits/tax-exempt-organization-search Disallow: /*/charities-non-profits/tax-exempt-organization-search Disallow: /*/downloads/ Disallow: /*/written-determinations Disallow: /*/applicable-federal-rates Disallow: /*/actions-on-decisions Disallow: /*/information-letters Disallow: /*/chief-counsel-notices Disallow: /*/draft-tax-forms Disallow: /*/forms-instructions-and-publications Disallow: /*/prior-year-forms-and-instructions Disallow: /*/internal-revenue-bulletins Disallow: /*/instructions-and-publications-xml-source-files # Paths (no clean URLs) Disallow: /index.php/zh-hans/node/ Disallow: /index.php/zh-hant/node/ Disallow: /index.php/es/node/ Disallow: /index.php/vi/node/ Disallow: /index.php/ht/node/ Disallow: /index.php/ru/node/ Disallow: /index.php/ko/node/ Disallow: /index.php/admin/ Disallow: /index.php/comment/reply/ Disallow: /index.php/filter/tips Disallow: /index.php/node/add/ Disallow: /index.php/search/ Disallow: /index.php/user/password/ Disallow: /index.php/user/register/ Disallow: /index.php/user/login/ Disallow: /index.php/user/logout/ Disallow: /filing/free-file-fillable-forms/free-file-fillable-forms-support Disallow: /filing/free-file-fillable-forms/free-file-fillable-forms-support-2