Robots.txt help
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Hi Moz Community,
Google is indexing some developer pages from a previous website where I currently work:
ddcblog.dev.examplewebsite.com/categories/sub-categories
Was wondering how I include these in a robots.txt file so they no longer appear on Google. Can I do it under our homepage GWT account or do I have to have a separate account set up for these URL types?
As always, your expertise is greatly appreciated,
-Reed
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The robots.txt would allow the OP to go back into GWT and request removal of the dev site from the index. Password protecting a dev site is usually a pretty good idea, too.
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Can you not just add a htaccess password to the directory to keep the dev site up, but keep bots out?
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You'll want a separate account for that subdomain, and also put the robots.txt excluding that subdomain in that subdomain itself.
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