Title: Indexing / robots.txt
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Indexing / robots.txt

 *  [chefbt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chefbt/)
 * (@chefbt)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/indexing-robotstxt/)
 * Hey,
 * I just built out a site and had the “Discourage search engines from indexing 
   this site” box checked until I was done with the site. Once done and ready for
   Google, I unchecked the box. It has been a few days, and when I search Google
   for the domain, it still says it is not indexed because of a robots.txt file.
   I double checked and there is no robots.txt file in the directory. I ran a few
   other pages through and indexer software and they show up, but the home pages
   still has the message. I also submitted a sitemap to Google Webmaster Tools and
   have Analytics installed. Also ran it through Ping-o-Matic. Any ideas?
 * Thanks,
    Brian

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 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/indexing-robotstxt/#post-4837316)
 * New sites take time to be indexed, and this can be made longer when the site 
   does discourage the SE bots at the start. You’ve done what you need to do, so
   now you should be patient and wait. Your site will get picked up, but it may 
   take a little while.
 * While you’re waiting, you should try to get a few back links to your site. This
   will really help in getting the site indexed faster.
 *  [Sabinooo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sabinooo/)
 * (@sabinooo)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/indexing-robotstxt/#post-4837318)
 * At least, did you try adding manually your site to Google (since they are unavoidable)’
   s webmaster tools ? I believe there’s an option to mention the sitemap.xml file
   has been updated. (True, you’ll need a sitemap.xml file, but there are plenty
   of plugins for that.)

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 * Last reply from: [Sabinooo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sabinooo/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/indexing-robotstxt/#post-4837318)
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