Robots.txt

This Is How Google Ranks Pages Blocked By Robots.txt

11 July, 2019
Jason Ferry
Robots.txt

In a recent Google Webmaster Central hangout, a question about “how does Google figure out query relevancy for ranking pages blocked by robots.txt” was asked. This is a good thing to ask, especially for site owners and SEO experts who are also curious about what types of search queries do these pages rank for. In […]

This Is Why Google Has Decided To Stop Supporting Unsupported Directives In Robots.txt Files

5 July, 2019
Jason Ferry
Robots.txt

SEO experts and webmasters should take note that starting September 1, Google will not be supporting unpublished and unsupported rules in the robots exclusive protocol anymore. With this change, the search engine giant will not consider robots.txt files that have noindex directive listed within them. Google has decided to proceed with this change for possible […]

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