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Check · C06 · Security & bots

robots.txt

A misconfigured robots.txt makes the site invisible to Google.

What we check

Checks robots.txt reachability and whether it blocks everything.

Why it matters

A misconfigured robots.txt makes the site invisible to Google.

Common causes

  • A "Disallow: /" from the staging phase went live with the site.
  • The file returns an error or redirect, some crawlers treat that as a block.
  • The sitemap reference is missing or points to a dead URL.

The fix

robots.txt at the web root: "User-agent: *" + "Allow: /" + "Sitemap: <URL>".

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The Tracking Check tests this point along with all the others, in seconds.

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What does a failing "robots.txt" check mean?

A misconfigured robots.txt makes the site invisible to Google. robots.txt at the web root: "User-agent: *" + "Allow: /" + "Sitemap: <URL>".

How do you fix a failing "robots.txt" check?

robots.txt at the web root: "User-agent: *" + "Allow: /" + "Sitemap: <URL>".

The fix, delivered

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Findings from the Tracking Check go into a ranked sequence with effort estimates in the Audit Sprint, every module with an acceptance criterion.