Google Updates Robots.txt Policy: Unsupported Fields Are Ignored via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Google limits robots.txt support to four fields, clarifying its stance on unsupported directives.

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Created 9mo | Oct 7, 2024, 3:30:06 PM


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