Ash_B Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Hi, https://www.ashleymichaelbriggs.com/ Site's been up for a month. Have tried Google Indexing twice, both failed. This is frying my mind - I feel like I'm back at high school physics class. Please can some one offer some tips. Thanks in advance. (Domain is hosted off squarespace if that has anything to do with it. And I have another URL pointing to this one, ashleybriggs.co.uk) When I type in https://www.ashleymichaelbriggs.com/robots.txt or use a robots.txt Validator and Testing Tool I get this, which seems ok, right?; # Squarespace Robots Txt User-agent: GPTBot User-agent: ChatGPT-User User-agent: CCBot User-agent: anthropic-ai User-agent: Google-Extended User-agent: AdsBot-Google User-agent: AdsBot-Google-Mobile User-agent: AdsBot-Google-Mobile-Apps User-agent: * Disallow: / Sitemap: https://www.ashleymichaelbriggs.com/sitemap.xml I get a green Valid / Status '200 OK' on this testing tool. Using Google URL Inspection it results in either: Blocked due to unauthorized request (401) Or; URL is not available to Google Page cannot be indexed: Blocked by robots.txt Discovery Not checked in live tests Crawl Time Feb 21, 2024, 12:11:41 PM Crawled as Google Inspection Tool smartphone Crawl allowed? error No: blocked by robots.txt Page fetch error Failed: Blocked by robots.txt Indexing allowed? N/A Indexing User-declared canonical N/A Google-selected canonical Only determined after indexing Link to comment
Solution Collaborada Posted February 21 Solution Share Posted February 21 Hi @Ash_B based on above, you disallowed crawling. Visit Settings > Crawlers and toggle back on. Have SEO questions? Chances are we've written about it! Try a quick Google search to find our advice. Or for personalized support, see our consulting and training sessions. ★ Official Squarespace Experts since 2014 ★ Link to comment
Ash_B Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 YES! Man, wish I'd asked here before burning through hours of ineptitude. Thanks Collaborada, I'm really grateful. Collaborada 1 Link to comment
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