# production: www.sodapdf.com  |  last updated: 2026-08-18

# One ruleset for all standard crawlers (Google now included).
User-agent: *

# --- junk / utility paths (safe to block) ---
Disallow: /*/error
Disallow: /error
Disallow: /*/get
Disallow: /*/thankyou
Disallow: /thankyou
Disallow: /*/uninstall
Disallow: /uninstall
Disallow: /*/trial-thank-you/
Disallow: /InstallStats
Disallow: /newsletter/
Disallow: /support/faq/
Disallow: /*/smallfileready-geo
Disallow: */file-ready*
Disallow: /*/installation-guide/*
Disallow: /account/
Disallow: /*/account/
Disallow: /download/
Disallow: /author/
Disallow: /blog/tag/
Disallow: /blog/category/
Disallow: /blog/page/
Disallow: /blog/search/
Disallow: /blog/?s=
Disallow: /blog/grid-of-posts-3x2/
Disallow: /buy-soda-pdf/
Disallow: /cd/
Disallow: /dls/
Disallow: /file-extension-pdf/
Disallow: /partners/
Disallow: /price-product-info-soda-pdf/
Disallow: /row/
Disallow: /soda-pdf-trial/
Disallow: /trial/

# --- ad / tracking parameter URLs (the biggest source of crawl junk) ---
Disallow: /*?*mkey
Disallow: /*?*partner=
Disallow: /*?*uid=
Disallow: /*?*src=
Disallow: /*?*cmp=
Disallow: /*?*campaignid=
Disallow: /*?*adgroupid=
Disallow: /*?*adid=
Disallow: /*?*gad_source=
Disallow: /*?*gad_campaignid=
Disallow: /*?*gbraid=
Disallow: /*?*gclid=
Disallow: /*?*_ga=
Disallow: /*?*from=
Disallow: /*?*trk=
Disallow: /*?*tag=
Disallow: /*?*lang=
Disallow: /*?*branded=
Disallow: /*?*nonamp=
Disallow: /*?*var=

# --- Merchant Center shop landing pages: keep these crawlable despite the param blocks above ---
# Feed/ad landing pages like /en-us/mb/shop/?uid=...&src=adwords&cmp=...
# The more specific Allow beats the shorter parameter Disallows for this path only.
Allow: /mb/shop/
Allow: /*/mb/shop/
Allow: /mb/mac/
Allow: /mb/pdf-all-buy/
Allow: /mb/pdf-all-try/

# --- Old Pricing Pages that now redirect ---
Disallow: /pricing/
Disallow: /es/precios/
Disallow: /de/preise/
Disallow: /fr/prix/
Disallow: /it/prezzi/

# Ad bots keep their existing allowances
User-agent: AdsBot-Google
Allow: /mb/pdf-all-buy/
Allow: /mb/pdf-all-try/
Allow: /mb/mac/

User-agent: AdsBot-Google-Mobile
Allow: /mb/pdf-all-buy/
Allow: /mb/pdf-all-try/
Allow: /mb/mac/

User-agent: BingAdsBot
Allow: /mb/pdf-all-buy/
Allow: /mb/pdf-all-try/
Allow: /mb/mac/

# Block low-value foreign search bots
User-agent: Baiduspider
User-agent: yandex
Disallow: /

# Allow AI answer engines (supports AI-citation strategy)
User-agent: PerplexityBot
User-agent: OAI-SearchBot
User-agent: ChatGPT-User
User-agent: Perplexity-user
User-agent: MistralAI-User
User-agent: Claude-user
Disallow:

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