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robots.txt mistakes: how sites get blocked from indexing

What to verify in robots.txt to avoid traffic loss from accidental blocking.

A single wrong robots.txt directive can block critical sections from crawlers. Review Disallow rules, allow access to CSS/JS assets, and verify the sitemap reference. Validate every robots.txt change right after deployment.

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