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hi, got this msg on my google account re my website:
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https://jennadphotography.com:443/



Currently viewing: https://jennadphotography.com:443/https://jennadphotography.com:443/


View: https://jennadphotography.com:443/
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PropertyStatusSitemap typeWebFormat–SubmittedJul 13, 2008Last downloaded by GoogleAug 6, 2008StatusErrorsTotal URLs in Sitemap0
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LineStatusDetails-Network unreachable: robots.txt unreachable
We were unable to crawl your Sitemap because we found a robots.txt file at the root of your site but were unable to download it. Please ensure that it is accessible or remove it completely.

Something or someone has put a robots.txt file on your website which will allow google to read/index your site quicker and it looks as if that file is corrupt...........
Delete it.......or reload a good robots.txt file.

thanks for the reply, where do i find it? and how do i delete it?

thx

Use your bluevoda FTP icon, connect and delete it from the right hand screen (view the ftp video tutorial if you are not sure)
or
Use your file manager in your control panel (more tutorials to watch...lol)

when you have found it and deleted it, you can make a new one by just opening up notepad, create a file called robots.txt, save it as a blank notebook page and upload it into your public_html folder.

Hi, i dont see the robots.txt ?

As its not there:

Have you been trying to improve or to get google to visit your site?

If so, then its telling you that it needs the robots.txt to crawl your site.....

hi, the only thing that I have done is to create a sitemap.is the robots.txt suppose to show between my other files?should i just try to create a new one as Ramsey said?

Also, why does Google have my sitemap details as:jennadphotography.com:443/ (what is the :443)

Originally Posted by JEANNINE1234

hi, the only thing that I have done is to create a sitemap.is the robots.txt suppose to show between my other files?should i just try to create a new one as Ramsey said?

Yes, create this file and place it in your public_html folder (presuming this is your only site and not an addon)

Ok I have done that, how will I know if it is corrected?

If you look in your error report in your control panel you willno doubt see hundreds and hundreds of missing robots.txt errors. But from today they should now die down, so that's one way to check.

Just wait now until Google visit your site again to see if the error is corrected with them.

Thanks Ramsey.Hope i did it right.I opened notepad, left it blank and saved it as the robots.txtI opened the Blue voda programtools, ftp manager, connectcopied notepad file from left to right sidedisconnected?thanks for all your help

Originally Posted by JEANNINE1234

Thanks Ramsey.Hope i did it right.I opened notepad, left it blank and saved it as the robots.txtI opened the Blue voda programtools, ftp manager, connectcopied notepad file from left to right sidedisconnected?thanks for all your help

Sounds like you did it right yes.

The presence of an empty "/robots.txt" file has no explicit associated semantics, it will be treated as if it was not present, i.e. all robots will consider themselves welcome.

Originally Posted by davidundalicia

The presence of an empty "/robots.txt" file has no explicit associated semantics, it will be treated as if it was not present, i.e. all robots will consider themselves welcome.

That's good isn't it??? I welcome ALL SE robots...