Title: HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden [googlebot] Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden [googlebot] * [markgelo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markgelo/) * (@markgelo) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http11-403-forbidden-googlebot/) * hey guys!! i really need your help.. * my websites ranking is now loosing because of this error, and i don’t know how to fix this.. even my web hosting provider can’t fix this. * when i fetch as google there’s an error * HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 12:44:05 GMT Server: Apache Content- Length: 321 Keep-Alive: timeout=3, max=10 Connection: Keep-Alive Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 * > > 403 > Forbidden

Forbidden

You don’t have permission > to access / on this server.

Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was > encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

> * and also when i view my website via googlebot 2.1 using user agent switcher i got that error too, and when i test my sitemaps on webmaster tool, i got * > General HTTP error: HTTP 403 error (Forbidden) > HTTP Error: 403 * and hope you guys help me.. * this is my .htaccess * > # BEGIN WPSuperCache > RewriteEngine On RewriteBase/# > If you serve pages from behind a proxy you may want to change ‘RewriteCond %{ > HTTPS} on’ to something more sensible AddDefaultCharset UTF-8 RewriteCond %{ > REQUEST_URI} !^.*[^/]$ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^.*//.*$ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD}! > POST RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !.*=.* RewriteCond %{HTTP:Cookie} !^.*(comment_author_ > |wordpress_logged_in|wp-postpass_).*$ RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Wap-Profile} !^[ > a-z0-9\”]+ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP:Profile} !^[a-z0-9\”]+ [NC] RewriteCond %{ > HTTP:Accept-Encoding} gzip RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/ > wp-content/cache/supercache/%{SERVER_NAME}/$1/index-https.html.gz -f RewriteRule > ^(.*) “/wp-content/cache/supercache/%{SERVER_NAME}/$1/index-https.html.gz” [ > L] > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^.*[^/]$ > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^.*//.*$ > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !POST RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !.*=.* RewriteCond%{ > HTTP:Cookie} !^.*(comment_author_|wordpress_logged_in|wp-postpass_).*$ RewriteCond%{ > HTTP:X-Wap-Profile} !^[a-z0-9\”]+ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP:Profile} !^[a-z0- > 9\”]+ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-Encoding} gzip RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !on > RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-content/cache/supercache/%{SERVER_NAME}/$1/ > index.html.gz -f RewriteRule ^(.*) “/wp-content/cache/supercache/%{SERVER_NAME}/ > $1/index.html.gz” [L] > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^.*[^/]$ > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^.*//.*$ > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !POST RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !.*=.* RewriteCond%{ > HTTP:Cookie} !^.*(comment_author_|wordpress_logged_in|wp-postpass_).*$ RewriteCond%{ > HTTP:X-Wap-Profile} !^[a-z0-9\”]+ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP:Profile} !^[a-z0- > 9\”]+ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-content/ > cache/supercache/%{SERVER_NAME}/$1/index-https.html -f RewriteRule ^(.*) “/ > wp-content/cache/supercache/%{SERVER_NAME}/$1/index-https.html” [L] > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^.*[^/]$ > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^.*//.*$ > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !POST RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !.*=.* RewriteCond%{ > HTTP:Cookie} !^.*(comment_author_|wordpress_logged_in|wp-postpass_).*$ RewriteCond%{ > HTTP:X-Wap-Profile} !^[a-z0-9\”]+ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTP:Profile} !^[a-z0- > 9\”]+ [NC] RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !on RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-content/ > cache/supercache/%{SERVER_NAME}/$1/index.html -f RewriteRule ^(.*) “/wp-content/ > cache/supercache/%{SERVER_NAME}/$1/index.html” [L] > # END WPSuperCache > # BEGIN WordPress > RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / > RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond%{ > REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] > # END WordPress * this i my website: [http://www.naruto-tv.info](http://www.naruto-tv.info) all subdomain and other domain that i’m using right now had a same problem and hosted on same server. but i have one subdomain that hosted on other server and working fine. Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * [adinugroho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adinugroho/) * (@adinugroho) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http11-403-forbidden-googlebot/#post-4771415) * Hi, * Nice website. You should edit your naruto-tv.info/robots.txt. * Change * ``` User-agent: * Disallow: / ``` * to * ``` User-agent: * Allow: / ``` * Thread Starter [markgelo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markgelo/) * (@markgelo) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http11-403-forbidden-googlebot/#post-4771440) * damn!! thank you..hope this will work, i will tell you if googlebot will crawl my website again. * Thread Starter [markgelo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markgelo/) * (@markgelo) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http11-403-forbidden-googlebot/#post-4771500) * even i changed the robots.txt still the same * when i try to fetch as google this is the error. * > HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden > Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 20:54:09 GMT Server: Apache > Keep-Alive: timeout=3, max=10 Connection: Keep-Alive Content-Type: text/html; > charset=iso-8859-1 Set-Cookie: incap_ses_224_142871=WDNvfvKkqU3Thhx94M4bA3LKPVMAAAAAHIYJftLgA7Ce0lj7Du9lmw > ==; path=/; Domain=.naruto-tv.info Set-Cookie: visid_incap_142871=4flOcctEQqu9/ > 081fjtPInLKPVMAAAAAQUIPAAAAAADlAraPU8UFCUzdoo9rwXFU; expires=Sat, 02 Apr 2016 > 15:23:27 GMT; path=/; Domain=.naruto-tv.info X-Iinfo: 3-2886208-2886209 NNNY > CT(183 -1 0) RT(1396558449942 0) q(0 0 2 -1) r(4 4) U11 X-CDN: Incapsula Content- > Encoding: gzip Transfer-Encoding: chunked > > 403 > Forbidden

Forbidden

You don’t have permission > to access / on this server.

Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was > encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

> * [The Grey Parrots](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greyparrots/) * (@greyparrots) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http11-403-forbidden-googlebot/#post-4771501) * Kindly have a look on this thread. * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-crawl-error-on-google-all-pages-have-been-removed-from-google-index?replies=5](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/403-crawl-error-on-google-all-pages-have-been-removed-from-google-index?replies=5) * Thread Starter [markgelo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markgelo/) * (@markgelo) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http11-403-forbidden-googlebot/#post-4771510) * sorry!! i thought everything is working fine but it’s not 🙁 * Thread Starter [markgelo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markgelo/) * (@markgelo) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http11-403-forbidden-googlebot/#post-4771511) * not yet solved 🙁 my main domain still can’t crawl by google and other subdomain 🙁 * Thread Starter [markgelo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markgelo/) * (@markgelo) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http11-403-forbidden-googlebot/#post-4771513) * [@the](https://wordpress.org/support/users/the/) Grey Parrots not working too 🙁 * [The Grey Parrots](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greyparrots/) * (@greyparrots) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http11-403-forbidden-googlebot/#post-4771518) * In that case kindly contact WPSuperCache guys, they might assist you better. * Thread Starter [markgelo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markgelo/) * (@markgelo) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http11-403-forbidden-googlebot/#post-4771558) * i saw this error on error logs!!!! * anyone please help!! * > [Sat Apr 05 06:17:41 2014] [error] [client 5.255.253.38] client denied by server > configuration: /home/markgelo/public_html/androidnews/403.shtml > [Sat Apr 05 > 06:17:41 2014] [error] [client 5.255.253.38] client denied by server configuration:/ > home/markgelo/public_html/androidnews/tag [Sat Apr 05 06:17:40 2014] [error][ > client 66.249.77.17] client denied by server configuration: /home/markgelo/ > public_html/markserves/403.shtml [Sat Apr 05 06:17:40 2014] [error] [client > 66.249.77.17] client denied by server configuration: /home/markgelo/public_html/ > markserves/2013 [Sat Apr 05 06:17:34 2014] [error] [client 199.21.148.51] client > denied by server configuration: /home/markgelo/public_html/android/403.shtml[ > Sat Apr 05 06:17:34 2014] [error] [client 199.21.148.51] client denied by server > configuration: /home/markgelo/public_html/android/action-and-adventure [Sat > Apr 05 06:17:31 2014] [error] [client 66.249.77.99] client denied by server > configuration: /home/markgelo/public_html/android/403.shtml [Sat Apr 05 06: > 17:31 2014] [error] [client 66.249.77.99] client denied by server configuration:/ > home/markgelo/public_html/android/page [Sat Apr 05 06:17:29 2014] [error] [ > client 198.143.44.1] client denied by server configuration: /home/markgelo/ > public_html/markserves/403.shtml [Sat Apr 05 06:17:29 2014] [error] [client > 198.143.44.1] client denied by server configuration: /home/markgelo/public_html/ > markserves/2013 [Sat Apr 05 06:17:27 2014] [error] [client 157.56.92.176] client > denied by server configuration: /home/markgelo/public_html/psdtuts/403.shtml[ > Sat Apr 05 06:17:27 2014] [error] [client 157.56.92.176] client denied by server > configuration: /home/markgelo/public_html/psdtuts/2013 [Sat Apr 05 06:17:24 > 2014] [error] [client 66.249.77.113] client denied by server configuration:/ > home/markgelo/public_html/hentai/403.shtml [Sat Apr 05 06:17:24 2014] [error][ > client 66.249.77.113] client denied by server configuration: /home/markgelo/ > public_html/hentai/tag [Sat Apr 05 06:17:24 2014] [error] [client 66.249.77.17] > client denied by server configuration: /home/markgelo/public_html/markserves/ > 403.shtml [Sat Apr 05 06:17:24 2014] [error] [client 66.249.77.17] client denied > by server configuration: /home/markgelo/public_html/markserves/2012 [Sat Apr > 05 06:17:22 2014] [error] [client 66.249.77.113] client denied by server configuration:/ > home/markgelo/public_html/hentai/403.shtml [Sat Apr 05 06:17:22 2014] [error][ > client 66.249.77.113] client denied by server configuration: /home/markgelo/ > public_html/hentai/author [Sat Apr 05 06:17:22 2014] [error] [client 5.255.253.38] > client denied by server configuration: /home/markgelo/public_html/androidnews/ > 403.shtml [Sat Apr 05 06:17:22 2014] [error] [client 5.255.253.38] client denied > by server configuration: /home/markgelo/public_html/androidnews/tag [Sat Apr > 05 06:17:21 2014] [error] [client 180.76.5.23] client denied by server configuration:/ > home/markgelo/public_html/markgiver/403.shtml [Sat Apr 05 06:17:21 2014] [error][ > client 180.76.5.23] client denied by server configuration: /home/markgelo/public_html/ > markgiver/2013 [Sat Apr 05 06:17:17 2014] [error] [client 66.249.77.108] client > denied by server configuration: /home/markgelo/public_html/singertube/403.shtml[ > Sat Apr 05 06:17:17 2014] [error] [client 66.249.77.108] client denied by server > configuration: /home/markgelo/public_html/singertube/wp-content/uploads/2014/ > 03/0207-160×90.jpg [Sat Apr 05 06:17:16 2014] [error] [client 66.249.77.227] > client denied by server configuration: /home/markgelo/public_html/androidnews/ > 403.shtml [Sat Apr 05 06:17:16 2014] [error] [client 66.249.77.227] client > denied by server configuration: /home/markgelo/public_html/androidnews/tag [ > Sat Apr 05 06:17:14 2014] [error] [client 5.135.18.139] client denied by server > configuration: /home/markgelo/public_html/mkvmusic.tk/403.shtml [Sat Apr 05 > 06:17:14 2014] [error] [client 5.135.18.139] client denied by server configuration:/ > home/markgelo/public_html/mkvmusic.tk/feeds [Sat Apr 05 06:17:14 2014] [error][ > client 66.249.77.134] client denied by server configuration: /home/markgelo/ > public_html/403.shtml [Sat Apr 05 06:17:14 2014] [error] [client 66.249.77.134] > client denied by server configuration: /home/markgelo/public_html/tag [Sat > Apr 05 06:17:13 2014] [error] [client 37.59.30.29] client denied by server > configuration: /home/markgelo/public_html/403.shtml, referer: [http://naruto-tv.info/markgiverv2/feed/](http://naruto-tv.info/markgiverv2/feed/)[ > Sat Apr 05 06:17:13 2014] [error] [client 37.59.30.29] client denied by server > configuration: /home/markgelo/public_html/markgiverv2/feed, referer: [http://naruto-tv.info/markgiverv2/feed/](http://naruto-tv.info/markgiverv2/feed/)[ > Sat Apr 05 06:17:07 2014] [error] [client 66.249.77.71] client denied by server > configuration: /home/markgelo/public_html/mkvmusic.tk/403.shtml [Sat Apr 05 > 06:17:07 2014] [error] [client 66.249.77.71] client denied by server configuration:/ > home/markgelo/public_html/mkvmusic.tk/2013 [Sat Apr 05 06:17:05 2014] [error][ > client 66.249.77.108] client denied by server configuration: /home/markgelo/ > public_html/singertube/403.shtml [Sat Apr 05 06:17:05 2014] [error] [client > 66.249.77.108] client denied by server configuration: /home/markgelo/public_html/ > singertube/2013 [Sat Apr 05 06:17:04 2014] [error] [client 66.249.77.159] client > denied by server configuration: /home/markgelo/public_html/markgiver/403.shtml[ > Sat Apr 05 06:17:04 2014] [error] [client 66.249.77.159] client denied by server > configuration: /home/markgelo/public_html/markgiver/tag [Sat Apr 05 06:17:01 > 2014] [error] [client 199.21.148.52] client denied by server configuration:/ > home/markgelo/public_html/android/403.shtml [Sat Apr 05 06:17:01 2014] [error][ > client 199.21.148.52] client denied by server configuration: /home/markgelo/ > public_html/android/android-apps [Sat Apr 05 06:16:56 2014] [error] [client > 180.76.6.231] client denied by server configuration: /home/markgelo/public_html/ > 403.shtml [Sat Apr 05 06:16:56 2014] [error] [client 180.76.6.231] client denied > by server configuration: /home/markgelo/public_html/2013 [Sat Apr 05 06:16: > 54 2014] [error] [client 66.249.77.17] client denied by server configuration:/ > home/markgelo/public_html/markserves/403.shtml [Sat Apr 05 06:16:54 2014] [ > error] [client 66.249.77.17] client denied by server configuration: /home/markgelo/ > public_html/markserves/2013 [Sat Apr 05 06:16:50 2014] [error] [client 199.21.148.44] > client denied by server configuration: /home/markgelo/public_html/android/403. > shtml [Sat Apr 05 06:16:50 2014] [error] [client 199.21.148.44] client denied > by server configuration: /home/markgelo/public_html/android/android-apps [Sat > Apr 05 06:16:50 2014] [error] [client 54.204.218.156] client denied by server > configuration: /home/markgelo/public_html/403.shtml Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) The topic ‘HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden [googlebot]’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [crawl](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/crawl/) * [googlebot](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/googlebot/) * [sitemap](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/sitemap/) * [webmaster](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/webmaster/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 9 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [markgelo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markgelo/) * Last activity: [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/http11-403-forbidden-googlebot/#post-4771558) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics