# ------------------------------------------
# robots.txt  |  ABC Restoration USA
# Updated: 30 Jun 2025
# Goal: Focus crawlers on high-value service
#       & location pages; block thin archives,
#       search, and other low-value URLs.
# ------------------------------------------

User-agent: *

  # ✅  Allow critical assets so Google can render pages
  Allow: /*.css$
  Allow: /*.js$
  Allow: /wp-content/uploads/      # WordPress media (if WP)
  Allow: /assets/                  # Common CDN/static folder

  # 🚫  Block duplicate, thin, or private sections
  Disallow: /tag                 # tag archives
  Disallow: /tags/                 # alt tag slug
  Disallow: /author/               # author archives
  Disallow: /category/             # category archives
  Disallow: /page/                 # paginated duplicates
  Disallow: /search                # on-site search
  Disallow: /?s=                   # search query string
  Disallow: /*?replytocom          # comment-reply URLs
  Disallow: /*share=               # social-share parameters
  Disallow: /*?paged=*             # paginated query strings
  Disallow: /wp-admin/             # dashboard (if WP)
  Disallow: /wp-login.php          # login screen
  Disallow: /cgi-bin/              # server scripts

  # 👉  If you use dated archives and don’t need them indexed,
  #     uncomment to save crawl budget:
  # Disallow: /20*/                # year/month archives

# 📌 XML sitemap (update to match your actual file name)
Sitemap: https://abcrestorationusa.com/sitemap.xml