# Tools you use
User-agent: SemrushBot
Allow: /

# Default for everyone else
User-agent: *
# System / private
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /cart
Disallow: /checkout
Disallow: /orders
Disallow: /account
Disallow: /policies/draft
# Avoid internal search results
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /search/*
# Theme preview & tracking noise
Disallow: /*preview_theme_id*
Disallow: /*utm_*
Disallow: /*gclid*
Disallow: /*_ga=*
# Optional: block non-canonical "view" templates if your theme duplicates content
Disallow: /*?view=*

# --- Param-canonical fix (2026-05-13) ---
# More-specific rules win over Allow: /products/* per Google robots spec.
# Blocks Google Shopping CPC + SAG-organic param duplicates that were
# overriding on-page rel=canonical and leaking 246 clicks / 19,965 imp / 56d.
Disallow: /*?*utm_source=google*utm_medium=cpc*
Disallow: /*?*utm_campaign=Google%20Shopping*
Disallow: /*?*stkn=*
Disallow: /*?*utm_content=sag_organic*
Disallow: /*?*utm_medium=product_sync*

# --- Internal / non-SEO collections (2026-07-08) ---
# These collections serve internal merchandising, PPC, or social purposes only.
# No keyword targets, no editorial content — blocking removes crawl budget waste.
Disallow: /collections/combine-listing-welding-gloves-not-on-store
Disallow: /collections/google-add-words
Disallow: /collections/tiktok-products
Disallow: /collections/iap
Disallow: /collections/lincoln-best-sellers
Disallow: /collections/featured-products
Disallow: /collections/featured-products-mig-welder-collection
Disallow: /collections/filler-metals-for-training
Disallow: /collections/brands-century

# Let Google crawl your money pages & categories
Allow: /products/
Allow: /products/*
Allow: /collections/
Allow: /collections/*
Allow: /blogs/
Allow: /blogs/*

# Keep pagination crawlable so deeper products are discoverable
Allow: /*?page=*

# Leave sort/filter crawl decisions to canonicals (Shopify handles canonicals well)
# If you later see crawl bloat from sorts, we can add: Disallow: /*?sort_by=*

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