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robots.txt in a folder not root

will this work?

fatpeter

12:07 pm on Oct 25, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Can't seem to find an answer to this anywhere. If I put a robots.txt in...let's say a folder one down from root will this be obeyed or just ignored?

ThomasB

3:28 pm on Oct 25, 2005 (gmt 0)

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It will be ignored. The robots.txt files has to be in the document root.

fatpeter

6:27 am on Oct 26, 2005 (gmt 0)

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thanks for that advice.