Is Temporary Disallow a Problem Later?

[bumpaw]

I have disallowed a new directory for a few days while I populated it with files. Is there a problem later with getting these files indexed after removing the Disallow?

[Lord Majestic]

It may well be - some search engines cache robots.txt for some time, so its possible they could come at the wrong time and your temporary change will be longer than expected.

[bumpaw]

I think I'm seeing a little of that and will probably discontinue the practice.

[bumpaw]

Could this be a problem?
Disallow: /duck/pig/

Am I disallowing other files in /duck/? The idea is to disallow only files in /pig/

[Lord Majestic]

Am I disallowing other files in /duck/?

No - the path you use in disallow statement will disallow any URL that starts with that value.

[bumpaw]

Majestic: Thanks for the clarification.