# Robots.txt for https://www.dailymail.com/ updated 07/07/2026
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# All Robots
User-agent: *
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# Begin Standard Rules
Disallow: /*readcommentshtml*
Disallow: /*login?redirectPath=
Disallow: /*logout?redirectPath=
Disallow: /*nextThread.html
Disallow: /*previousThread.html
Disallow: /*questionId*
Disallow: /*selectedImage*
Disallow: /*threadIndex=*
Disallow: /*topGallery*
Disallow: /ce/item.cms*
Disallow: /guide/*
Disallow: /registration/*
Disallow: /best-buys/clickout/*
Disallow: /best-buys/m/clickout/*
Disallow: /weather.html?latitude=*
Disallow: /weather.html?old=*
Disallow: /home/search.html*
Disallow: /best-buys/mercury/out*
Disallow: /api/infinite-list.html
Disallow: /api/infinite-list.html
Disallow: /mobileapps/*

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# Disallow Money for Google News
User-agent: Googlebot-News
Disallow: /tmoney/*
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# Allow Adsense
User-agent: Mediapartners-Google
Disallow:
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User-agent: CrystalSemanticsBot
Disallow: /
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Disallow: /
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User-agent: Webzio-Extended
User-agent: wpbot
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User-agent: YouBot
Allow: /buyline/
Allow: /*_.html
Disallow: /
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#Allow Google sandbox privacy testing
User-agent: GoogleOther
Allow: /.well-known/privacy-sandbox-attestations.json
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# Sitemap Files
Sitemap: https://www.dailymail.com/google-news-sitemap.xml
Sitemap: https://www.dailymail.com/sitemap-channels.xml
Sitemap: https://www.dailymail.com/sitemap-columnist.xml
Sitemap: https://www.dailymail.com/sitemap-topics.xml
Sitemap: https://www.dailymail.com/sitemap-videos-year~2021.xml
Sitemap: https://www.dailymail.com/sitemap-facts-year~2021.xml
Sitemap: https://www.dailymail.com/sitemap-articles-year~2021.xml
Sitemap: https://www.dailymail.com/sitemap-videos-year~2022.xml
Sitemap: https://www.dailymail.com/sitemap-articles-year~2022.xml
Sitemap: https://www.dailymail.com/sitemap-facts-year~2022.xml
Sitemap: https://www.dailymail.com/sitemap-videos-year~2023.xml
Sitemap: https://www.dailymail.com/sitemap-articles-year~2023.xml
Sitemap: https://www.dailymail.com/sitemap-facts-year~2023.xml
Sitemap: https://www.dailymail.com/sitemap-videos-year~2024.xml
Sitemap: https://www.dailymail.com/sitemap-articles-year~2024.xml
Sitemap: https://www.dailymail.com/sitemap-facts-year~2024.xml
Sitemap: https://www.dailymail.com/sitemap-videos-year~2025.xml
Sitemap: https://www.dailymail.com/sitemap-articles-year~2025.xml
Sitemap: https://www.dailymail.com/sitemap-facts-year~2025.xml
Sitemap: https://www.dailymail.com/sitemap-videos-year~2026.xml
Sitemap: https://www.dailymail.com/sitemap-articles-year~2026.xml
Sitemap: https://www.dailymail.com/sitemap-facts-year~2026.xml
Sitemap: https://www.dailymail.com/sitemap-authors.xml