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robots.txt Allow/Disallow Conflict

Allow and Disallow directives conflict for the same path. Search engines may ignore one or both.

Common causes

  • Overlapping rules for the same path.
  • Order of Allow/Disallow matters in robots.txt.

How to fix

  • Use a single consistent rule per path.
  • Place more specific rules before general ones.

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