Disallow all except adsense

[thegreatpretender]

Hi,
I would like to disallow all bots except adsense, this is what my robots.txt looks like:

User-agent: *
Disallow: /

User-agent: Googlebot-Mobile
Disallow: /

User-agent: Googlebot
Disallow: /

User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Disallow: /

User-agent: Mediapartners-Google
Allow: /

Is this correct?

Thanks

[goodroi]

That is correct according to Google's robot.txt checker. If you ever want to test how Google will respond to your robots.txt you can use their tools in their Webmaster Central area.

[jimbeetle]

You could simplify it:

User-agent: Mediapartners-Google
Disallow:

User-agent: *
Disallow: /

Note that it's just my preference to put 'bot-specific directives before catchalls, and I don't use the Allow as it's non-standard. In this case, of course, the Mediapartners bot would obey it; I just don't want to keep track of which 'bots obey it or not.

[thegreatpretender]

Thanks very much.

[ecmedia]

I have the same issue and I just followed the guidelines above. How long does it take to show results? I just launched a website and initially I just blocked Googlebot but then I did not see any AdSense ads. Now I have allowed MediaPartners-Google and when can I expect to see ads?

[ecmedia]

Update: AdSense bot came almost instantly and I see ads just fine.