Title: Index Coverage Report
Last modified: December 28, 2018

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# Index Coverage Report

 *  Resolved [ronwisely](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ronwisely/)
 * (@ronwisely)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/index-coverage-report/)
 * Respected team ,
    First of all i want to thanks for creating affiliate script
   in github . I was using affiliate clocking link script created by yoast team .
   Earlier in old google webmaster tool it was not showing error . Now it show us
   to unblock such affiliate link by robot.txt file . Even in Search Console – Yoast
   SEO Plugin “smartphone tab” it shows crawled [https://prnt.sc/m0ip4f](https://prnt.sc/m0ip4f).
   How google can crawled such link which is blocked. So i want to know how i can
   get rid of such error . Should i add no follow also in clocked affiliate link
   on my post ? Even so many times i tried removing [https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/removals](https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/removals)
   those link from google webmaster but again it start showing error . Everyday 
   i am removing 200+ link and next morning i get again 200+ error . Regards, Rahul

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 *  [Jerlyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jerparx/)
 * (@jerparx)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/index-coverage-report/#post-11032706)
 * Can you please confirm if all the steps suggested in this article are followed?
   [https://yoast.com/cloak-affiliate-links/](https://yoast.com/cloak-affiliate-links/)
 *  Thread Starter [ronwisely](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ronwisely/)
 * (@ronwisely)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/index-coverage-report/#post-11032968)
 * Respected jerparx (@jerparx)
    Yes i followed everything correctly none of the
   bots is allowed to fetch the details inside my folder /go/ or /out/ folder but
   my website link they can crawled . means they can’t crawl the content or link
   inside that /go/ or /out/ folder . If we will add no follow to the link on post
   then only google will not crawl my own website link (myexample.com/go/seoplugin).
   I hope i am able to convey my message to you . Sorry if my English is broken .
   So should i add no follow link to my website (myexample.com/go/seoplugin) link
   means no follow to myexample.com/go/seoplugin . i know we have already blocked
   the content inside but still google might think like he may be spamming system
   Regards, Rahul
 *  Plugin Support [amboutwe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amboutwe/)
 * (@amboutwe)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/index-coverage-report/#post-11034296)
 * Google crawls all links on your site. The ‘Blocked’ label means that something(
   in this case the robots file) prevents Google from the link. This is expected
   behavior when you block a link that you use on your site.
 * Learn more about the ‘Blocked’ label [here](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/35120).
 *  Thread Starter [ronwisely](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ronwisely/)
 * (@ronwisely)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/index-coverage-report/#post-11142518)
 * Respected team ,
    Sorry to disturb you again . But i need to ask you one small
   question . Hope team won’t mind in giving reply for this small question This 
   is the screenshot of [https://prnt.sc/mdkw6g](https://prnt.sc/mdkw6g) webmaster
   blocked link . When trying to fetch any /go/ link [https://www.gomahamaya.com/go/yoast](https://www.gomahamaya.com/go/yoast)
   on redirectcheck.com/index.php then it shows what is there in that blocked link.
   But according to robots.txt file i have blocked all bots . Still they are able
   to fetch data . But when i try other website data with link /go/ they show bots
   are not allowed to fetch data . So my question is am i doing any thing wrong 
   in cloaking links ? do i have to add something more on my website ? Do i have
   to add any special header function to my website ? While searching on google 
   i found this code $url = “//{$_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’]}{$_SERVER[“REQUEST_URI”]}”;
   if (preg_match(“#/go/#”, $url)) { header( “X-Robots-Tag: noindex, nofollow”, 
   true ); header( “Cache-Control: private”, true ); } Should i add above code to
   my website Or any special header code i have to add via .htacess file . Yoast
   always recommend to add header code via .htacess instead of function.php . So
   i will request you to help me on this topic . Any help will be much appreciated.
   Regards, Rahul

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