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10:58 pm Jul 21, 2026
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Control Robots with Meta or robots.txt
driller41
Msg#:3548514
11:47 am on Jan 15, 2008
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Hi, is it best to have a robots.txt file or include the statement in the metatag of the header?
Lord Majestic
Msg#:3548515
11:53 am on Jan 15, 2008
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robots.txt is the best way to control good bots.
phranque
Msg#:3548525
12:21 pm on Jan 15, 2008
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you might find
this thread from the robots.txt forum library
[webmasterworld.com] to be useful start on the subject.
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