It's a text file to tell SE bots which urls not to crawl.
http://hubpages.com/robots.txt
Thanks, Haunty.
Can you give me an idea of what this means. It is what I found in my webmaster tools robots.txt file for my domain on hubpages.
If the file is supposed to tell the search engines not to crawl certain pages, wouldn't the information in this file mean that the search engines should not be crawling any of the below given hub sections?
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Sitemap: http://roohikhan.hubpages.com/sitemaps/ … han.xml.gz
User-agent: Mediapartners-Google
Disallow:
User-agent: *
Disallow: /contact
Disallow: /hubtivity$
Disallow: /getwidget
Disallow: /ask
Disallow: /fans/
Disallow: /followers$
# Google was crawling our custom analytics URLs, so tell them not to
Disallow: /hub/arts-and-design/
Disallow: /question/arts-and-design/
Disallow: /forum/topic/arts-and-design/
Disallow: /hub/autos/
Disallow: /question/autos/
Disallow: /forum/topic/autos/
Disallow: /hub/books-literature-and-writing/
Disallow: /question/books-literature-and-writing/
Disallow: /forum/topic/books-literature-and-writing/
Disallow: /hub/business-and-employment/
Disallow: /question/business-and-employment/
Disallow: /forum/topic/business-and-employment/
Disallow: /hub/education-and-science/
Disallow: /question/education-and-science/
Disallow: /forum/topic/education-and-science/
Disallow: /hub/entertainment-and-media/
Disallow: /question/entertainment-and-media/
Disallow: /forum/topic/entertainment-and-media/
Disallow: /hub/family-and-parenting/
Disallow: /question/family-and-parenting/
Disallow: /forum/topic/family-and-parenting/
Disallow: /hub/fashion-and-beauty/
Disallow: /question/fashion-and-beauty/
Disallow: /forum/topic/fashion-and-beauty/
Disallow: /hub/food-and-cooking/
Disallow: /question/food-and-cooking/
Disallow: /forum/topic/food-and-cooking/
Disallow: /hub/games-toys-and-hobbies/
Disallow: /question/games-toys-and-hobbies/
Disallow: /forum/topic/games-toys-and-hobbies/
Disallow: /hub/gender-and-relationships/
Disallow: /question/gender-and-relationships/
Disallow: /forum/topic/gender-and-relationships/
Disallow: /hub/health/
Disallow: /question/health/
Disallow: /forum/topic/health/
Disallow: /hub/holidays-and-celebrations/
Disallow: /question/holidays-and-celebrations/
Disallow: /forum/topic/holidays-and-celebrations/
Disallow: /hub/home/
Disallow: /question/home/
Disallow: /forum/topic/home/
Disallow: /hub/hubpages-tutorials-and-community/
Disallow: /question/hubpages-tutorials-and-community/
Disallow: /forum/topic/hubpages-tutorials-and-community/
Disallow: /hub/personal-finance/
Disallow: /question/personal-finance/
Disallow: /forum/topic/personal-finance/
Disallow: /hub/pets-and-animals/
Disallow: /question/pets-and-animals/
Disallow: /forum/topic/pets-and-animals/
Disallow: /hub/politics-and-social-issues/
Disallow: /question/politics-and-social-issues/
Disallow: /forum/topic/politics-and-social-issues/
Disallow: /hub/religion-and-philosophy/
Disallow: /question/religion-and-philosophy/
Disallow: /forum/topic/religion-and-philosophy/
Disallow: /hub/sports-and-recreation/
Disallow: /question/sports-and-recreation/
Disallow: /forum/topic/sports-and-recreation/
Disallow: /hub/technology/
Disallow: /question/technology/
Disallow: /forum/topic/technology/
Disallow: /hub/travel-and-places/
Disallow: /question/travel-and-places/
Disallow: /forum/topic/travel-and-places/
Disallow: /flag/
Disallow: /email/
Disallow: /link/
Disallow: /c/
Disallow: /docs/
Disallow: /my/
Disallow: /make/request/
Disallow: /profile/*map$
Disallow: /search/
Disallow: /widget/
Disallow: /hop/
Disallow: /tip/
Disallow: /fans/
Disallow: /answers/
Disallow: /slide/
Disallow: /signin/
Disallow: /xml/
Disallow: /*hot?rss$
Disallow: /*best?rss$
Disallow: /*hot/?rss$
Disallow: /*best/?rss$
User-agent: Covario-IDS
Disallow: /
I don't think so. I wouldn't worry until I find a line that says "Disallow: /hub/*" Why do you ask?
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