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| User-agent: * | |
| # Changing the /feed back to include the trailing slash since it otherwise blocks URLs like http://www.thesimpledollar.com/feeding-my-sweet-tooth-without-breaking-my-belly-or-breaking-the-bank/ | |
| Disallow: /feed/ | |
| Disallow: /cgi-bin | |
| Disallow: /wp-admin | |
| Disallow: /wp-content/cache | |
| Disallow: /wp-includes | |
| Disallow: /trackback | |
| Disallow: /xmlrpc.php | |
| Disallow: ?wptheme= | |
| Sitemap: http://www.yourwebsite.com/sitemap_index.xml |
Nice catch!
Changing the /feed back to include the trailing slash since it otherwise blocks URLs like http://www.thesimpledollar.com/feeding-my-sweet-tooth-without-breaking-my-belly-or-breaking-the-bank/
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After testing with the Google Webmaster Tools, you need to leave off the trailing slash on folders. So, a rule like
Disallow: /feedwill get both /feed/ and /feed covered by the rule.