# 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: /*?prefn1=
Allow: /*?prefv1=
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: /*?sw=
Disallow: /*?sh=
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: /*?prefv2=
Disallow: /*?prefn2=
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;*