Official statement
Indexed but blocked pages by robots.txt are not considered for the overall quality of the site. Google does not know their content, and they do not appear in search results.
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TL;DR
Pages blocked by robots.txt do not contribute to Google's evaluation of your site's overall quality. They are invisible in search results, leaving their content unknown to Google. This is useful to prevent non-optimized pages from harming your SEO.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Est-ce que les pages bloquées par robots.txt sont invisibles sur Google ?
Oui, elles ne sont pas explorées par Google et n'apparaissent pas dans les résultats de recherche.
Le blocage par robots.txt supprime-t-il les pages indexées ?
Non, pour désindexer, utilisez des balises "noindex" et la Search Console.
Peut-on utiliser robots.txt pour gérer le crawl budget ?
Oui, en bloquant les pages inutiles, le crawl budget se concentre sur le contenu important.
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