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    • Rubix
      Rubix last edited by

      I currently have this under my robot txt file:

      User-agent: *
      Disallow: /authenticated/
      Disallow: /css/
      Disallow: /images/
      Disallow: /js/
      Disallow: /PayPal/
      Disallow: /Reporting/
      Disallow: /RegistrationComplete.aspx

      WebMatrix 2.0

      On webmaster > Health Check > Blocked URL

      I copy and paste above code then click on Test, everything looks ok but then logout and log back in then I see below code under Blocked URL:

      User-agent: *

      Disallow: /

      WebMatrix 2.0

      Currently, Google doesn't index my domain and i don't understand why this happening. Any ideas?

      Thanks

      Seda

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      • irvingw
        irvingw last edited by

        Are you sure there is nothing else in your robots.txt - you can share the url if you like

        You can delete this it's doing nothing and don't need to attempt to block bad bots

        WebMatrix 2.0

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        • jesse-landry
          jesse-landry last edited by

          Are you sure your site isn't being indexed?

          Cause I went to your profile and if http://www.mtasolicitors.com/ is your site, then it is definitely being indexed.. What makes you think it isn't?

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          • Rubix
            Rubix last edited by

            Thanks Irving,

            www.positivecollections.co.uk is the url

            I've tried to remove everything from the robot file and check again on webmaster, same thing happened  It's just blocking the main link

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            • Rubix
              Rubix last edited by

              When I click on Fetch As Google, i get 'Denied by robots.txt'' error.

              @Jesse: That's the main website, we've got other URLs.Error appears on positivecollections.co.uk

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              • jesse-landry
                jesse-landry @Rubix last edited by

                That site is also being indexed. Again I ask, what makes you think it is not being indexed? (cause it is)

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                • Rubix
                  Rubix last edited by

                  When I click on Fetch As Google, i get 'Denied by robots.txt'' error.

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                  • jesse-landry
                    jesse-landry @Rubix last edited by

                    Okay. But that doesn't mean it isn't being indexed. Here's a fun test: Go to any page on your website and select a string of two or three sentences. Google it. Does the page come up in the SERPs?

                    (I did this to 3 pages on your site and it worked for all of them. Therefore, your site is being indexed.) Why do you need to Fetch?

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                    • irvingw
                      irvingw last edited by

                      TECHNICAL ISSUE

                      It's your cookie policy blocking bots from spidering. Need to fix that at the server level. Easy fix! 🙂

                      http://www.positivecollections.co.uk/cookies-policy.aspx

                      Your robots.txt is fine.

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                      • Rubix
                        Rubix @jesse-landry last edited by

                        I couldn't relay on SERPS as the website is old, it's been indexed for quite so i didn't think that SERP results would change that quick. I've been receiving the error since yesterday.

                        It's on SERPS today but would it be there tomorrow? The reason I am saying that is because when i change the Page Title, it doesnt get changed on SERPS instantly, it takes a day or so before i see the changes on SERPS.

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                        • Rubix
                          Rubix @irvingw last edited by

                          Thanks Irving, I need a little more help, I am not quite sure if I understand it. What is it that needs to be fixed here?

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                          • irvingw
                            irvingw @Rubix last edited by

                            Try to spider your site with this link checker tool

                            http://brokenlinkcheck.com/

                            bots cannot accept cookies and your site is requiring cookies to be enabled in order to be visited so Google cannot access the site because you are not allowing the visit without the cookie being dropped is most likely the issue.

                            Disable cookies on your browser and clear your cache and see what happens when you try to visit your site, are you blocked?

                            These discussions may possibly help

                            http://www.highrankings.com/forum/index.php/topic/3062-cookie-and-javascript/

                            http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5668681/seo-question-google-not-getting-past-cookies

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                            • Rubix
                              Rubix @irvingw last edited by

                              Thanks Irving, it worked 🙂

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