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# robots.txt for https://king88pokies.com
# Updated: 2026-02-20 — SEO-Optimized Canonical Version
# Author: SEO Configuration
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User-agent: *
# 🚫 Block admin, backend, and private paths
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /backend/
Disallow: /internal/
Disallow: /tmp/
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /wp-includes/
Disallow: /trackback/
Disallow: /feed/
Disallow: /login/
Disallow: /register/
Disallow: /chatroom/

# 🚫 Block redirects, search and affiliate tracking
Disallow: /redirect
Disallow: /affiliate/
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /*?ref=
Disallow: /*?utm_
Disallow: /*?promo=

# ✅ Allow main public pages
Allow: /

# 🖼️ Image and asset indexing
User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Allow: /media/
Allow: /images/
Allow: /assets/

# ⚙️ Bot optimization
User-agent: Googlebot
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 2

User-agent: Bingbot
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 3

User-agent: Yandex
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/

# 🌍 Canonical host
Host: https://king88pokies.com

# 🗺️ Sitemap
Sitemap: https://king88pokies.com/sitemap.xml

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# 💡 Notes:
# - Maintain HTTPS canonical structure.
# - Avoid redirect URLs in sitemap.
# - Keep sitemap updated with active landing pages only.
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