# robots.txt for espn.go.com - last updated 20160719

User-agent: *
Disallow: /*admin/
Disallow: /*conversation/
Disallow: /*conversations/
Disallow: /*deportes/
Disallow: /*flash/
Disallow: /*format/
Disallow: /*order/
Disallow: /*search?
Disallow: /*search/
Disallow: /*sort/
Disallow: /*util/
Disallow: /*webslices/
Disallow: /*print?id
Disallow: /ad/
Disallow: /cgi
Disallow: /community/
Disallow: /composer/
Disallow: /contests/
Disallow: /espn/now
Disallow: /espnradio/podcast/feeds/easports/
Disallow: /index?sport=*&topId=*
Disallow: /index?sport=*&type=replay
Disallow: /sports/*/index?topId=*
Disallow: /members/
Disallow: /personalization/
Disallow: /travel/passport/activity
Disallow: /travel/passport/add
Disallow: /travel/passport/event
Disallow: /travel/passport/events
Disallow: /travel/passport/invite
Disallow: /travel/passport/map
Disallow: /travel/passport/photos
Disallow: /travel/passport/rankings
Disallow: /travel/passport/stats
Disallow: /travel/passport/venues
Disallow: /video/search
Disallow: /video/clipDeportes

# Prevents crawl loop issues with incorrectly hyperlinked URLs in posts

Disallow:/*.com
Disallow:/*.net
Disallow:/*.org
Disallow:/*.co.uk
Disallow:/*.com.au
Disallow:/*.es
Disallow:/*.me
Disallow:/*.ly
Disallow:/*.me

# Exclusions for redundant content that consume crawl budget needlessly

Disallow: /*view/
Disallow: /*start/
Disallow: /*photoId/
Disallow: /*type/
Disallow: /*cat/
Disallow: /*split/
Disallow: /*calendar/
Disallow: /*date/
Disallow: /*seasontype/
Disallow: /*season/200
Disallow: /*year/200
Disallow: /*_/year/20
Disallow: /*_/group/
Disallow: /*_/scoreboard/
Disallow: /*_/week/
Disallow: /*?ex_cid=espnapi_public
Disallow: /*&photoId=
Disallow: /*&full=

# Exclusions for content with little to no value for search engines

Disallow: /*playbyplay?
Disallow: /*boxscore?
Disallow: /*conversation?
Disallow: /*recap?
Disallow: /*preview?
Disallow: /*databaseresults/
Disallow: /mlb/stats/*?*minage=*
Disallow: /mlb/stats/*?*split=*