# robots.txt for Platform Tennis Online (APTA) # This file controls which areas of the site web crawlers can access User-agent: * # Allow general access to main content Allow: / # Block admin and scoring management areas Disallow: /apta/score/ Disallow: /apta/ranking/RankingEvent Disallow: /apta/ranking/Seeding Disallow: /apta/ranking/Placement Disallow: /apta/ranking/NRTEditSeeds Disallow: /apta/ranking/PTIDrawPull Disallow: /apta/ranking/NrtDrawPull Disallow: /apta/ranking/PlayerSeeding Disallow: /apta/ranking/TeamSeeding Disallow: /apta/ranking/TournamentSeeding Disallow: /apta/ranking/ManualReview Disallow: /AdminHome.aspx Disallow: /Bracket2024Edit.aspx # Block member-only areas Disallow: /apta/member/ Disallow: /apta/accounts/ Disallow: /CreateAccount.aspx Disallow: /ResetAccount.aspx Disallow: /MemberNumberLookup.aspx Disallow: /MemberEmailRelay.aspx Disallow: /apta/player/MyAccount.aspx # Block store checkout and transaction pages Disallow: /apta/store/ # Block API endpoints Disallow: /apiv1/ Disallow: /apiv2/ Disallow: /services/ # Block development and testing areas Disallow: /devonly/ Disallow: /TestResults/ Disallow: /UnderConstruction.aspx # Block print views and alternate formats Disallow: /PrintDraw.aspx Disallow: /PrintDrawBig.aspx # Block tournament detail sub-pages (high volume, low SEO value) # These pages generate lots of traffic but don't add much SEO value Disallow: /TournamentDraw.aspx Disallow: /TournamentSchedule.aspx Disallow: /TournamentSeeds.aspx Disallow: /TournamentRoundRobin.aspx Disallow: /TournamentPlayer.aspx Disallow: /TournamentFinals.aspx Disallow: /TournamentLocation.aspx # Block error pages Disallow: /Oops.aspx Disallow: /Oops404.aspx Disallow: /Message.aspx # Block specific file types Disallow: /*.json$ Disallow: /*.vb$ Disallow: /*.config$ Disallow: /*.designer$ # Sitemap location Sitemap: https://www.platformtennisonline.org/sitemap.aspx # Crawl-delay (optional - only if needed to reduce server load) # Crawl-delay: 1