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Author Topic: /for_others/ content is being indexed at Google  (Read 67 times)

fgm

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/for_others/ content is being indexed at Google
« on: 24 Feb 2023, 06:05:09 pm »
Hello, I've noticed the contents of /for_others directory are getting indexed at Google.

I'd add Disallow: /for_others/ to the current robots.txt file:
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User-agent: *
Disallow: /for_others/
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Re: /for_others/ content is being indexed at Google
« Reply #1 on: 26 Feb 2023, 09:06:27 am »
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fgm

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Re: /for_others/ content is being indexed at Google
« Reply #2 on: 26 Feb 2023, 09:35:27 am »
From RFC 9303 Section 2.3:
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The rules MUST be accessible in a file named "/robots.txt" (all
   lowercase) in the top-level path of the service.
You can check the content is indexed using the search query site:cutcodedown.com/for_others
« Last Edit: 26 Feb 2023, 09:40:47 am by fgm »
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Re: /for_others/ content is being indexed at Google
« Reply #3 on: 26 Feb 2023, 06:54:56 pm »
Ok, it used to work per directory... and since when has it even had a RFC?

Oh... since 2016. Must have missed that.  And it looks like that change wasn't made official until 2020... so yeah, totally missed a change in how it works. Disagrees with Koster's 1994 original which I've been relying on for decades...

Can't say I'm surprised. I know a lot of people started bitching about error log 404's from search engines accessing every blasted directory. Kind of like if you don't put a .ico in the root.
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Re: /for_others/ content is being indexed at Google
« Reply #4 on: 26 Feb 2023, 08:15:41 pm »
Looks like Jason is too busy making money cleaning up after nitwits ignoring ADA standards to keep up with rules that keep changing, oftentimes for no apparent reason.l
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