Sat, July 5, 2025
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Should Allow Come Before Disallow in robots.txt? RFC and Compatibility Best Practices
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The claim that 'Allow must be written first in robots.txt or it won't work.' While this is technically incorrect according to the latest RFC, it's a best practice that can't be ignored for compatibility reasons. This article explains why, based on RFC 9309 and older crawler behavior.
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