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    • semer
      semer last edited by

      I want to Block or prevent pages being accessed or indexed by googlebot. Please tell me if googlebot will NOT Access any URL that begins with my domain name, followed by a question mark,followed by any string by using Robots.txt below. Sample URL http://mydomain.com/?example User-agent: Googlebot Disallow: /?

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      • OlegKorneitchouk
        OlegKorneitchouk last edited by

        Not sure if that would work, but you can test by changing your robots.txt and running a test in GWT > Health > Blocked URLs

        You might also be interested in specifying specific URL paraments (e.g. /?sort=name&order=asc > can block sort and order parameters) from within GWT (Configuration > URL Parameters)

        Learn more about parameters - https://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1235687

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