One server, two domains - robots.txt allow for one domain but not other?

[Dave100]

Hello,

I would like to create a single server with two domains pointing to it. Ex: domain1.com -> myserver.com/     domain2.com -> myserver.com/subfolder. The goal is to create two separate sites on one server.

I would like the second domain ( /subfolder) to be fully indexed / SEO friendly and have the robots txt file allow search bots to crawl. However, the first domain (server root) I would like to keep non-indexed, and the robots.txt file disallowing any bots / indexing.

Does anyone have any suggestions for the best way to tackle this one?

Thanks!

[SEO_Mechanic]

A Records

[LesleyPaone]

I am assuming that you are using Cpanel on the host for the site. Just add the second domain as an addon domain. Because of the way that things are set up in Cpanel and the way it handles redirects, the crawlers will not realize the local directory structure that one site is sitting in the sub folder of another site. They will be viewed as if they are two different sites on different servers. So you would handle the robtos.txt like they were on two different servers and just disregard anything about one being in the sub folder of another.