Infrastructure

User-agent: *

# Sitemaps
Sitemap: https://www.upwork.com/sitemap.xml
# LLMs: https://www.upwork.com/llms.txt

# Directories
Disallow: /att/
Disallow: /att-old/
Disallow: /freelancers/public/api/
Disallow: /messages/
Disallow: /*/jobs/search*
Disallow: /search/profiles/*
Disallow: /catalog-images/*
Disallow: /ab/
Disallow: /hire/de/sem/
Disallow: /nx/

# Files
Disallow: /j/view_opening_popup.php
Disallow: /leaving_odesk.php
Disallow: /leaving-odesk
Disallow: /leaving
Disallow: /nx/top-nav-ssi/visitor-gql-token

# Paths (clean URLs)
Disallow: /rss/
Disallow: /atom/
Disallow: /jobs/rss
Disallow: /jobs/atom
Disallow: /jobs/*?source=rss
Disallow: /upi/metrics/rum/v1
Disallow: /upi/jslogger
Disallow: /nx/top-nav-ssi/visitor-gql-token
Allow: /ab/account-security/reset-password
Allow: /ab/downloads
Allow: /ab/g/pub/wom/prx/
Allow: /ab/g/pub/wom/bnr/
Allow: /nx/signup/

# Exclude blog search
Disallow: /*/wp-content/cache/
Disallow: /*/trackback/
Disallow: /*/feed/
Disallow: /*/comments/
Disallow: /blog/?s=*
Disallow: /hiring/?s=*
Disallow: /hiring/?seo-skill-pages=*
Disallow: /press/?s=*
Disallow: /blog/ajax-api/
Disallow: /hiring/ajax-api/

Disallow: /nx/signup/?accountType
Disallow: /nx/signup/?clRedirectTo
Disallow: /nx/signup/?dest
Disallow: /nx/signup/?midTier
Disallow: /nx/signup/?portal
Disallow: /nx/signup/?redir
Disallow: /nx/signup/?signupType

Disallow: */login*?*
Disallow: */signup*?*
Disallow: /signup/contact-contractor/id/*
Disallow: /signup/view-profile/id/*
Disallow: /signup/please-verify*
Disallow: /offers/?job*
Disallow: /job/*/apply/$
Disallow: /b/signup/create-account/client_contact_freelancer
Disallow: /b/signup/create-account/freelancer_apply_job
Disallow: /freelance-jobs/fiction-writing/
Disallow: /ab/account-security/login?

Disallow: /api*

# Exclude referrals URLs
Disallow: /referrals*

# Exclude Job Search noindex URLs
Disallow: /o/jobs/browse/*?*client_hires=*
Disallow: /o/jobs/browse/*?*duration=*
Disallow: /o/jobs/browse/*?*workload=*
Disallow: /o/jobs/browse/*?*sort=*
Disallow: /o/jobs/browse/api/sands-suggestions*
Disallow: /o/jobs/job/*

# Exclude Vega Job Search URLs for now
Disallow: /r/

# Exclude Registration Success page
Disallow: /signup/registration-success*

# Exclude temporary Vega Job Details URLs
Disallow: /c/o/jobs/job/

# Exclude Vega Profiles Search new parameters
Disallow: /o/profiles/browse*?*exp=*
Disallow: /o/profiles/browse*?*loc=*
Disallow: /o/profiles/browse*?*rhrs=*
Disallow: /o/profiles/browse*?*rate=*
Disallow: /o/profiles/browse*?*tests=*
Disallow: /o/profiles/browse*?*tests_10=*
Disallow: /o/profiles/browse*?*last=*
Disallow: /o/profiles/browse*?*pt=*
Disallow: /o/profiles/browse*?*english=*
Disallow: /o/profiles/browse*?*lang=*
Disallow: /o/profiles/browse*?*local_hiring=*
Disallow: /o/profiles/browse*?*revenue=*
Disallow: /o/profiles/browse*?*user_pref=*
Disallow: /o/profiles/browse/api/freelancer-search-facet/

# Excluded agencies
Disallow: /o/companies/~0180c6b44423eeda59

# Nuxt testing app
Disallow: /ab/cat/*

# Block old static routes
Disallow: /i/js/*
Disallow: /i/css/*
Disallow: /i/images/*
Disallow: /i/wd/*
Disallow: /i/wdj/*
Disallow: /i/p/*
Disallow: /i/trends/*
Disallow: /i/wp-login.php
Disallow: /i/related_users/*
Disallow: /i/smr/*
Disallow: /i/img/*
Disallow: /l/cn/data-analysts-in-beijing/js/*
Disallow: /l/cn/data-analysts-in-beijing/css/*

Disallow: /jobs/
Disallow: /track/

# Block RSS/Atom feeds
Disallow: /ab/feed/

# Block UPI pages
Disallow: /upi/jslogger
Disallow: /upi/metrics/rum
Disallow: /upi/psmetrics

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# Tracking / attribution
Disallow: /*?utm_*
Disallow: /*?gclid=*
Disallow: /*?gad_source=*
Disallow: /*?sem=*
Disallow: /*?trk=*
Disallow: /*?promobnr=*
Disallow: /*?promo=*
Disallow: /*?channel=*
Disallow: /*?mp_source=*
Disallow: /*?redir=*
Disallow: /*?ref=*
Disallow: /*?referrer_url_path=*
Disallow: /*?share=*
Disallow: /*?a=*
Disallow: /*?p=*
Disallow: /*?name=*
Disallow: /*?image=*
Disallow: /*?track=*

# Navigation / pagination / session noise
Disallow: /*?page=*
Disallow: /*?items_per_page=*
Disallow: /*?order=*
Disallow: /*?sort=*
Disallow: /*?nav_dir=*
Disallow: /*?viewmode=*
Disallow: /*?device-view=*
Disallow: /*?dfh_uid=*
Disallow: /*?dm_to_uid=*
Disallow: /*?s=*

# Signup / verification and related params
Disallow: /*?accountType=*
Disallow: /*?portal=*
Disallow: /*?dest=*
Disallow: /*?reg-success=*
Disallow: /*?frkscc=*
Disallow: /nx/signup/verify-email/*
Disallow: /nx/signup/verify-phone*

# Jobs / job board
Disallow: /*?gh_jid=*
Disallow: /*?loc=*

# Attachment / bot noise
Disallow: /*?attachment-id=*
Disallow: /*?_pxhc=*
Disallow: /*?ff_UPL635ChatPro=*

# Facets / filters (scoped to services to avoid over-blocking)
Disallow: /services/*?all=*
Disallow: /services/*?start=*
Disallow: /services/*?cat=*
Disallow: /services/*?price_range=*
Disallow: /services/*?talent_quality=*
Disallow: /services/*?spec_choice=*
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# Ad platform click IDs
Disallow: /*?fbclid=*
Disallow: /*?msclkid=*
Disallow: /*?ttclid=*
Disallow: /*?qclid=*
Disallow: /*?yclid=*

# Campaign / partner / promo tracking
Disallow: /*?vt_cmp=*
Disallow: /*?mf_ct_campaign=*
Disallow: /*?partner_code=*
Disallow: /*?promo_code=*

# Pagination / view variants
Disallow: /*?*_page=*
Disallow: /*?offset=*
Disallow: /*?view=*
Disallow: /*?page_variant=*
Disallow: /*?toc-variant-*
Disallow: /*?navPos=*

# Session / request IDs
Disallow: /*?sid=*
Disallow: /*?rid=*
Disallow: /*?kuid=*
Disallow: /*?ssrid=*

# Shortlinks and malformed query strings
Disallow: /*?shortlink*
Disallow: /*?!*
Disallow: /*?&*

# Internal framework / redirect params
Disallow: /*?_rsc=*
Disallow: /*?_redirected=*

# Google Analytics cross-domain linker params
Disallow: /*?_ga=*
Disallow: /*?_gl=*
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# ----------END ME-2888----------
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# Product / profile / org context (avoid duplicate indexable URLs)
Disallow: /*?nbs=
Disallow: /*?viewMode=
Disallow: /*?companyReference=
Disallow: /*?companyreference=
Disallow: /*?client_id=
Disallow: /*?wom=
Disallow: /*?pin=
Disallow: /*?english_level=
Disallow: /*?landing_url=
Disallow: /*?via=
Disallow: /*?org=
Disallow: /*?category=
Disallow: /*?tot=
Disallow: /*?tab=
Disallow: /*?t=
Disallow: /*?preventDismiss=
Disallow: /*?wtime=
Disallow: /*?referral=
Disallow: /*?wsrc=
Disallow: /*?step=
Disallow: /*?id=
Disallow: /*?title=
Disallow: /*?qpn-profile-completeness=
Disallow: /*?create-service-profile=
Disallow: /*?deleted-project-uid=
Disallow: /*?weekdayJdUid=
Disallow: /*?location=
Disallow: /*?pageTitle=
Disallow: /*?mbp-open=
Disallow: /*?forceEditor=
Disallow: /*?lor=
Disallow: /*?regv1=
Disallow: /*?openModal=
Disallow: /*?modal=
Disallow: /*?flow=
Disallow: /*?mpSource=
Disallow: /*?type=
Disallow: /*?section=
Disallow: /*?ee=
Disallow: /*?web=
Disallow: /*?uni=
Disallow: /*?euidtkncn=
Disallow: /*?os=

# Search / navigation / generic query noise
Disallow: /*?query=
Disallow: /*?link_search=
Disallow: /*?q=
Disallow: /*?source=

# Affiliate / paid / partner attribution
Disallow: /*?irclickid=
Disallow: /*?srsltid=
Disallow: /*?gh_src=
Disallow: /*?fpr=
Disallow: /*?partnerId=
Disallow: /*?campaignid=
Disallow: /*?campaign=
Disallow: /*?ppc=
Disallow: /*?afsrc=
Disallow: /*?irgwc=
Disallow: /*?gc_id=
Disallow: /*?bp-pevc-promocode=
Disallow: /*?_kx=

# Third-party widgets / reviews / share / app deep links
Disallow: /*?speechify_reviews=
Disallow: /*?product_studio_contact=
Disallow: /*?open-share=
Disallow: /*?mobile-app=

# Bot / challenge / CDN (Cloudflare)
Disallow: /*?__cf_chl_tk=

# Marketing automation / email / analytics IDs
Disallow: /*?__hstc=
Disallow: /*?_hsenc=
Disallow: /*?hsFormKey=
Disallow: /*?hsPreviewerApp=
Disallow: /*?hsSkipCache=
Disallow: /*?mc_cid=
Disallow: /*?itcat=
Disallow: /*?roistat_visit=
Disallow: /*?atr=
Disallow: /*?ajs_aid=
Disallow: /*?psafe_param=
Disallow: /*?requestId=

# CMS preview / versioning / WordPress ecosystem noise
Disallow: /*?ver=
Disallow: /*?preview_id=
Disallow: /*?elementor-preview=

# E-commerce / checkout / promos (third-party or legacy flows)
Disallow: /*?xcod=
Disallow: /*?pStoreID=
Disallow: /*?brand_id=
Disallow: /*?cdConvenio=
Disallow: /*?cartflows_flow=
Disallow: /*?Access_Code=
Disallow: /*?kclt=
Disallow: /*?ciphertext=
Disallow: /*?lessDeposite=

# Geo / locale variants
Disallow: /*?IDDrzava=
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# Block Wayback Machine
User-agent: ia_archiver
Allow: /legal/
Disallow: /

User-agent: Linespider
Disallow: /

User-agent: PetalBot
Disallow: /

User-agent: proximic
Disallow: /