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# Robots.txt — OutGeeked 
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User-agent: *
# --- Core WordPress system paths ---
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php

# --- WooCommerce system & upload folders ---
Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/wc-logs/
Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/woocommerce_transient_files/
Disallow: /wp-content/uploads/woocommerce_uploads/

# --- WooCommerce private pages ---
Disallow: /cart/
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: /my-account/

# --- WordPress search & REST API (non-SEO content) ---
Disallow: /?s=
Disallow: /*?s=
Disallow: /*&s=
Disallow: /page/*/?s=
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /wp-json/
Disallow: /?rest_route=

# --- Filter/sort parameters (crawl-budget optimization) ---
Disallow: /*?filter_cat=
Disallow: /*&filter_cat=
Disallow: /*?filter_
Disallow: /*&filter_
Disallow: /*?pa_
Disallow: /*&pa_
Disallow: /*?attribute_
Disallow: /*&attribute_
Disallow: /*?min_price=
Disallow: /*&min_price=
Disallow: /*?max_price=
Disallow: /*&max_price=
Disallow: /*?orderby=
Disallow: /*&orderby=
Disallow: /*?rating_filter=
Disallow: /*&rating_filter=
Disallow: /*?in_stock=
Disallow: /*&in_stock=
Disallow: /*?onsale=
Disallow: /*&onsale=
Disallow: /*?add-to-cart=
Disallow: /*&add-to-cart=
Disallow: /*?utm_
Disallow: /*&utm_
Disallow: /*?fbclid=
Disallow: /*&fbclid=

# --- Optional: disable thin archives (enable if unused) ---
# Disallow: /tag/
# Disallow: /author/
# Disallow: /date/

# --- Yoast XML Sitemap ---
Sitemap: https://outgeeked.net/sitemap_index.xml