To fix this log into Blogger and go to Settings > Crawlers and Indexing > Enable custom robots. txt, The switch should be ticked OFF and a new robots. txt file will be generated with the correct parameters. There is no reason to do a custom robots.

A robots.txt file tells search engine crawlers which URLs the crawler can access on your site. This is used mainly to avoid overloading your site with requests; it is not a mechanism for keeping a web page out of Google. To keep a web page out of Google, block indexing with noindex or password-protect the page.

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.

2 The robots.txt URL Returns a 404 Error or a Blank Page When the URL returns a blank page or a 404 error, it may indicate the presence of a second robots. txt file in your site's root directory. This other file conflicts with Rank Math's robots. txt file, causing the robots.