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It can be discouraging to see your websiteâs decline in search rankings. When your pages are no longer crawled by Google, these lower rankings can contribute to fewer visitors and conversions.
The âIndexed, though blocked by robots.txtâ error can signify a problem with search engine crawling on your site. When this happens, Google has indexed a page that it cannot crawl. Fortunately, you can edit your robots.txt file to specify which pages should or should not be indexed.
In this video, weâll explain the âIndexed, though blocked by robots.txtâ error and how to test your website for this problem. Then, weâll show you two different methods of fixing it. Letâs get started!â¶ïž
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0:00 Intro
0:47 Finding the Source of the âIndexed, Though Blocked by robots.txtâ Error
2:19 Edit robots.txt Directly
3:49 Use an SEO Plugin
4:14 Yoast SEO
4:54 Rank Math
6:23 Squirrly SEO
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