Blocking a file in the main folder?

[Ept103]

The location to my file is [example.com...]

To block link.php for all robots, should I use this?

User-Agent: *
Disallow: /link.php

I'm not sure if I need the "/" or not after Disallow:?

[LowLevel]

I'm not sure if I need the "/" or not after Disallow:?

It is not strictly needed, but the most correct syntax includes the "/" char.

User-Agent: *
Disallow: /link.php

Correct. :)

[Ept103]

Ok ;-)

One more quick question:

link.php is what we use to count clicks..we have a function called url which when used in this syntax, counts the click then redirects to an outside site.

Example:

[example.com...]

Would the robots.txt in my message above prevent robots from serfing through any number of the above links? Or JUST the link.php file itself?

The reason I am doing this is because I don't want to be penalized for any of the links in my redirect should they show any errors, or be a "bad neighborhod" which could penalize me? Am I correct in the assumption that this does what I want it to?

[mack]

If you block link.php then that file can't be spidered, with ot without additional variables within the url (link.php?q=#*$!xxxx)

On order to spider any url it needs access to link.php if you have blocked access to that then they cant go any further.

Mack.