This can happen for a number of reasons, but the most common reason is that the robots. txt file is not configured correctly. For example, you may have accidentally blocked Googlebot from accessing the page, or you may have included a disallow directive in your robots.

While using this file can prevent pages from appearing in search engine results, it does not secure websites against attackers. On the contrary, it can unintentionally help them: robots. txt is publicly accessible, and by adding your sensitive page paths to it, you are showing their locations to potential attackers.

You typically retrieve a website's robots. txt by sending an HTTP request to the root of the website's domain and appending /robots. txt to the end of the URL. For example, to retrieve the rules for https://www.g2.com/ , you'll need to send a request to https://www.g2.com/robots.txt .