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# robots.txt for fachords.com
# Last updated: 2026-03-23
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User-agent: *

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# Affiliate / partner landing pages (block pattern, allow specific reviews)
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Disallow: /guitartricks
Disallow: /gt-
Disallow: /jamplay-
Disallow: /jamplay2
Disallow: /learnmaster

# Allow editorial review pages to be indexed
Allow: /guitartricks-review/
Allow: /guitartricks-review
Allow: /guitartricks-jamplay-review/
Allow: /guitartricks-jamplay-review
Allow: /jamplay-review/
Allow: /jamplay-review
Allow: /jamplay-vs-guitartricks-review/
Allow: /jamplay-vs-guitartricks/
Allow: /best-guitar-lessons-sites/
Allow: /jamplay

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# Legacy blog posts blocked individually
# (Cannot consolidate /blog2014/ — many live indexed pages exist there)
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Disallow: /blog2014/guitar-song-lesson-fleetwood-mac-green-manalishi/
Disallow: /blog2014/guitar-song-lesson-darkest-hour-demons/
Disallow: /blog2014/guitar-son-lesson-jethro-tull-aqualung/
Disallow: /blog2014/guitar-song-lesson-goo-goo-dolls-iris/
Disallow: /blog2014/partial-capo-total-beginners/
Disallow: /blog2014/harmonics-held-millimeter/
Disallow: /blog2014/heavy-metal-guitar-right-hand-overload/
Disallow: /blog2014/guitar-techniques-down-picking-endurance-exercises/
Disallow: /blog2014/fingerpicking-lesson-acoustic-fingerpicking-beginn/
Disallow: /blog2014/guitar-video-lesson-ska-style/
Disallow: /blog2014/guitar-video-lesson-james-hetfield-rhythm-lesson/
Disallow: /blog2014/guitar-video-lesson-counterpoint-and-harmony/
Disallow: /blog2014/best-way-learn-play-guitar-gibsons-learn-master/
Disallow: /blog2014/online-video-lessons-jamplay/
Disallow: /blog2014/guitar-video-lessons/

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# Webinar & teacher-specific landing pages
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Disallow: /hawkeye-lessons
Disallow: /steve-eulberg-lessons
Disallow: /lisa-pursell-lessons
Disallow: /mark-brennan-lessons
Disallow: /kris-norris-lessons
Disallow: /randall-williams-lessons
Disallow: /allen-van-wert-webinar
Disallow: /webinar-jim-deeming

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# Internal / utility paths
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Disallow: /download/
Disallow: /go/
Disallow: /lp/
Disallow: /seo/
Disallow: /signup-thankyou/
Disallow: /reserved-area-user-5col-62453f/
Disallow: /open-chords-rock

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# Static assets — prevent indexing of raw files
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Disallow: /static/guides/
Disallow: /static/media/ebooks/
Disallow: /static/download/

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# Other one-off promo / thank-you pages
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Disallow: /trial
Disallow: /freelessons
Disallow: /special
Disallow: /tuner
Disallow: /top-10-jamplay-lessons-fb

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# Sitemap
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Sitemap: https://www.fachords.com/sitemap.xml

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# Google AdSense crawler — full access
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User-agent: Mediapartners-Google*
Disallow: