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Title: What is the limit of a robot.txt file?
Post by: ruhikhan on May 01, 2019, 02:57:17 AM
Hello friends,

I Want to Know that What is the limit of a robot.txt file?
Title: Re: What is the limit of a robot.txt file?
Post by: sinelogixtech on May 01, 2019, 08:08:45 AM
There is a limit to robots.txt file in terms of filesize 500 KB as Vipin points out. A maximum file size may be enforced per crawler. Content which is after the maximum file size may be ignored. Google currently enforces a size limit of 500kb.
Title: Re: What is the limit of a robot.txt file?
Post by: PrimeItSolution on May 06, 2019, 06:07:26 AM
Yes, there is a limit to robots.txt file in terms of filesize 500 KB as Vipin points out. A maximum file size may be enforced per crawler. Content which is after the maximum file size may be ignored. Google currently enforces a size limit of 500kb.
Title: Re: What is the limit of a robot.txt file?
Post by: 12Three on May 06, 2019, 06:16:29 AM
Google has a limit of only being able to process up to 500KB of your robots.txt file.

This is an important point, if you have a super heavy robots.txt file, and it is beyond 500KB, then GoogleBot can get confused. If GoogleBot gets confused with your robots.txt it can cause serious issues with your site's health in the Google results.
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