disallow:/?

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    disallow:/? What does it mean?
     
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  2. malky66

    malky66 Acclaimed Member

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    dis·al·low


    verb (used with object)
    1.
    to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.

    2.
    to refuse to admit the truth or validity of: to disallow the veracity of a report.

    Origin:
    1350–1400; Middle English < Old French desallouer. See dis-1 , allow


    Related forms
    dis·al·low·a·ble, adjective
    dis·al·low·a·ble·ness, noun
    dis·al·low·ance, noun
     
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    kingsweb Greenhorn

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    If you are talking about disallow of robot.txt then it is : It should not allow to index any pages of website to robot.
     
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  4. msaeedkk

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    Gals & Guys : Appreciate your reply!

    I am talking about robots.txt file disallow attribute, not the meaning of disallow.

    As we know that when we write (disallow:/) it means that we don't want search engine to index our pages, but i don't know what ( ? ) means after the ( / ). I got this question in an interview for the post of SEO Manager.
     
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    malky66 Acclaimed Member

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    If you had given this information in the first post of the thread....you would have got more relevant answers
     
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    alex06295 Well-Known Member

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    Well, I also see it in robot.txt but I leave it thinking that it is by default... I haven't tried to learn it but I learned today.
     
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    ryan_uk Illustrious Member

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    #7

    I hope you learnt how to ask a question properly. It's a valuable skill.

    With regards to an answer, it will disallow URLs that start with a question mark.
     
    ryan_uk, Mar 14, 2013 IP