dataguy - 1:26 pm on Aug 15, 2005 (gmt 0)

However not having one whengooglebot requests it each time is a good reason for delay in re-inclusion.

SEO1, may I ask what you base this on? I've never heard or seen anything that indicates this. Did I miss something?

My experience is that robots.txt is more often the cause of a site not being included. Not having one lessens the likelihood of a crawler ignoring your web site, since this would indicate all crawlers are allowed.