# Robots.txt for ChelHead - NHL 26 EASHL Stats Tracker
User-agent: *
Allow: /

# Priority pages for SEO
Allow: /clubs-top-leaderboard
Allow: /free-agency
Allow: /compare
Allow: /about
Allow: /faq
Allow: /blog
Allow: /blog/*
Allow: /contact
Allow: /support
Allow: /privacy-policy
Allow: /terms-and-conditions
Allow: /change-log

# Allow club and player pages but prevent generic parameter indexing
Allow: /view-club/*/
Allow: /view-player/*/
Disallow: /view-club/null/
Disallow: /view-player/null/
Disallow: /view-club/*/*?*
Disallow: /view-player/*/*?*

# Disallow search, API, and query parameter pages
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /*?

# Disallow modals and client-only components to prevent empty page indexing
Disallow: /match-modal
Disallow: /update-modal
Disallow: /compare-modal
Disallow: /match-limit-remove
Disallow: /pro-details
Disallow: /account-details
Disallow: /auth
Disallow: /create-tournament
Disallow: /link-discord
Disallow: /discord-bot
Disallow: /discord-success
Disallow: /discord-cancel
Disallow: /mailbox

# Disallow private/admin areas
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /_/

# Disallow parameter-heavy URLs that might cause duplicate content
Disallow: /*?*utm_*
Disallow: /*?*ref=*
Disallow: /*?*sessionId=*
Disallow: /*?*openMailbox=*
Disallow: /*?*tab=*

# Sitemap location
Sitemap: https://chelhead.com/sitemap.xml