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1. naturoo22
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hi All,
   I have a download page that I need to keep search engines from linking to and want to make it a no follow I can't see how I can do this on just one page rather than the whole blog - is there a way?
   Cheers,
   Craig

2. iridiax
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Use a robots.txt

3. naturoo22
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   iridiax, thanks for that.
   So I assume then If I had a page called download to protect from bots,I would have some code that looks like
   user agent:*
   disallow:/download

   Do I just insert this code into the header file using theme edit?

   Thanks for your help

4. iridiax
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Create a text file named robots.txt with this in it:

   User-agent: *
   Disallow: /download/

   Upload it to your root level web directory (don't put it in a folder).

5. iridiax
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Where is your WordPress installed? If it's not in the root, then you need to include your WordPress directory:

   User-agent: *
   Disallow: /your-wp-directory-here/download/

6. naturoo22
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   iridiax, thanks heaps for your help, wp is not in the root directory so will put it wp directory as suggested.
   Cheers,
   Craig

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