robots.txt for www.ariat.com

Sitemap: https://www.ariat.com/sitemap_index.xml

1. Group Agents together so Googlebot follows the rules

User-agent: Googlebot User-agent: Googlebot-image User-agent: *

2. Allow the clean site content

Allow: /

3. BLOCK the "Duplicate Content" culprits

These were previously Allowed, causing the 855k error spike.

Disallow: /?productId= Disallow: /?styleId= Disallow: /?dwvar_ Disallow: /?UUID= Disallow: /sc-

Essential E-commerce Parameters (Keep these Allowed)

Allow: /?country= Allow: /?currency= Allow: /?selectedVariants= Allow: /?page= Allow: /*?ratings=

Important Tracking Parameters (Keep these Allowed)

Allow: /?utm_source= Allow: /?bvstate= Allow: /?gQT= Allow: /?gPromoCode= Allow: /?bvroute= Allow: /?utm_medium= Allow: /?bc_pid= Allow: /?utm_campaign= Allow: /?gRefinements= Allow: /?source= Allow: /?msclkid= Allow: /?utm_term= Allow: /?utm_content= Allow: /?obem= Allow: /?bc_lcid= Allow: /?q= Allow: /*?gclid=

Block tracking and session parameters

Disallow: /?sid= Disallow: /?session= Disallow: /?timestamp= Disallow: /?random= Disallow: /?cache= Disallow: /?dtm_= Disallow: /?dtmc_= Disallow: /?dwfrm_= Disallow: /?dw_dnt= Disallow: /?id= Disallow: /?_= Disallow: /?value= Disallow: /?url= Disallow: /?form= Disallow: /?filter= Disallow: /?type= Disallow: /?data= Disallow: /?quantity= Disallow: /?cid= Disallow: /?vf= Disallow: /?params= Disallow: /?swatches= Disallow: /?runningLineEnabled= Disallow: /?recommenderName= Disallow: /?recTemplate= Disallow: /?rtbhc= Disallow: /?decimalPrice= Disallow: /?formatted= Disallow: /?cachebuster= Disallow: /?thematic= Disallow: /?srsltid= Disallow: /?cto_pld= Disallow: /?utm_id= Disallow: /?base_uri= Disallow: /?showProductList= Disallow: /?pmin= Disallow: /&pmin= Disallow: /?pmax= Disallow: /&pmax= Disallow: /?srule= Disallow: /&srule= Disallow: /?prefn2= Disallow: /&prefn2= Disallow: /?prefv2= Disallow: /&prefv2= Disallow: /?prefn3= Disallow: /&prefn3= Disallow: /?prefv3= Disallow: /&prefv3= Disallow: /?prefn4= Disallow: /&prefn4= Disallow: /?prefv4= Disallow: /&prefv4= Disallow: /?pids= Disallow: /?wbraid= Disallow: /?featured_item= Disallow: /?position= Disallow: /?dwcont= Disallow: /?sm= Disallow: /?qty= Disallow: /?ag= Disallow: /?res= Disallow: /?dwac= Disallow: /?dir= Disallow: /?cookie= Disallow: /?fla= Disallow: /?java= Disallow: /?tz= Disallow: /?gears= Disallow: /?realp= Disallow: /?gad= Disallow: /?wma= Disallow: /?pdf= Disallow: /?tblci= Disallow: /?kuid= Disallow: /?kref= Disallow: /?pd_influencer= Disallow: /?collage= Disallow: /?_ga= Disallow: /?hsCtaTracking= Disallow: /?__hssc= Disallow: /*?__hsfp= Disallow: /?__hstc= Disallow: /?hubs_content-cta= Disallow: /?hubs_post-cta= Disallow: /?hubs_content= Disallow: /?_mix_id= Disallow: /?rurl= Disallow: /?sfrm= Disallow: /?gad_campaignid= Disallow: /?trk_sid= Disallow: /?trk_contact= Disallow: /?trk_msg= Disallow: /?ci= Disallow: /?linkURL= Disallow: /?linkText= Disallow: /?fromLogOut= Disallow: /?topic= Disallow: /?openTopNav= Disallow: /?rules= Disallow: /?defaults= Disallow: /?popup-sort= Disallow: /?at= Disallow: /?xs= Disallow: /?VO= Disallow: /?Pu= Disallow: /?Ma= Disallow: /?jJEP= Disallow: /?CW= Disallow: /?dj= Disallow: /?w= Disallow: /?utm_x= Disallow: /?mL= Disallow: /?accTab= Disallow: /?LgAj= Disallow: /?X5= Disallow: /?src= Disallow: /?scid= Disallow: /?pcid= Disallow: /?kclt= Disallow: /?rdc= Disallow: /?uid= Disallow: /?je=

Block URLs with too many parameters

Disallow: /?&&&&&&&&&&&*

Block AJAX and popup URLs

Disallow: /?format=ajax Disallow: /?hasTemplate= Disallow: /?popup- Disallow: /?openSearch= Disallow: /?fromPlusPLP=

Block email tracking parameters

Disallow: /?qs= Disallow: /?irclickid= Disallow: /*?irgwc=

Block social media tracking

Disallow: /?fbclid= Disallow: /?igshid= Disallow: /*?twclid=

Block AMP parameters

Disallow: /?amp;