Robots.txt Disallow Question

[jda]

Are there any negatives to blocking all search engines for one day? Could my URL be dropped from a crawl list? I'm expecting heavy traffic tomorrow and don't want an overload because of bots. Thanks.

[Bernard]

If the bots return the following day and see the updated robots.txt, it probably won't hurt. It's not something that I would personally do with any site that is ranking and converting well though. A better idea might be to check with your web host and upgrade your hosting account...

[ServiceUptime]

I would never play with that and risk the ranking and everything. Bots might think they are not welcome and leave for good :)

[minstrel]

I don't think it's worth the risk either.

Ask Brett Tabke how he feels about this issue now :o

[jda]

Ended up not doing it, everything was fine. I thought I'd be fine, but I was cool site of the day and know that has caused some to crash.