Can my robots.txt fitler out individual files?

[irock]

Hi I would like to disable all spiders from grabbnig my stuff inside these files (/forums/printthread.php, /forums/member.php).

User-agent: *
Disallow: /forums/printthread.php
Disallow: /forums/member.php

Here's my robots.txt. Is this in the correct format?

Thanks VERY MUCH for your help!

[jdMorgan]

irock,

disable all spiders

Your posted disallows are correct and will keep out those spiders which obey the robots exclusion standard. However, this won't keep out robots which choose to ignore robots.txt.

Once you upload the file, use this robots.txt checker [searchengineworld.com] to be sure it is correct.

Jim

[irock]

Is Google one of those spiders that obey robot rules?

[andreasfriedrich]

Yes.