The Robots Exclusion Protocol (REP), better known as robots.txt, has been around since 1994. Even though it was only officially adopted as a standard in 2022, using a robots.txt file has been a core ...

I have run into an interesting robots.txt situation several times over the years that can be tricky for site owners to figure out. After surfacing the problem, and discussing how to tackle the issue ...

The robot exclusion standard is nearly 25 years old, but the security risks created by improper use of the standard are not widely understood. Confusion remains about the purpose of the robot ...