URL restricted by robots.txt !

Discussion in 'Google Sitemaps' started by elmasry, Feb 4, 2009.

  1. #1
    I'm running 2 domains on one hosting account.
    the first one is fine and it's already indexed in google.
    I've just purchased the second domain 2 days ago, installed wordpress in a new directory in the same hosting I'm using for the first domain.
    Today I added my new domain in my webmaster tools account but when I tried to submit a sitemap I got this error:
    URL restricted by robots.txt
    though I'm sure there's nothing wrong with my robot txt file.

    any suggestion?
     
    elmasry, Feb 4, 2009 IP
  2. C-Note

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    On a hunch....

    I believe there is a default setting in wordpress to disallow crawling of wordpress page.
    It asks if you want your blog to be publicly available.

    I think it's in the privacy area of the admin.
    Although i don't think it's a robots.txt file, it is a meta tag

    Check that first
     
    C-Note, Feb 4, 2009 IP
  3. elmasry

    elmasry Active Member

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    You're Right ! I was fool not to notice that..
    Thank you ! I really appreciate it
     
    elmasry, Feb 4, 2009 IP
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    elmasry Active Member

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    I edited my wordpress settings and made it publicly available but still get the same error when trying to submit the sitemap.
    but when I analyze my robot.txt in webmaster tools I find that it hasn't been updated. also written there:
    should I wait till my robot.txt gets updated?
     
    elmasry, Feb 4, 2009 IP
  5. elmasry

    elmasry Active Member

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    oh it worked, I just waited till my robot got updated within 24 hours. now I can submit my sitemap without any error
     
    elmasry, Feb 5, 2009 IP
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    #6
    I am having same problem on my blogger blog. What should I do?
     
    ranacseruet, Feb 15, 2009 IP
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    URL Detail Linked From Problem Detected On
    http://bollywood-indiafmdhamaka.blogspot.com/search/label/Akshay%20Kumar URL restricted by robots.txt unavailable 2/21/09
    http://bollywood-indiafmdhamaka.blogspot.com/search/label/Fardeen%20Khan URL restricted by robots.txt unavailable 2/21/09


    How can I fix this problem.

    please help me
     
    josh05, Feb 24, 2009 IP