Official statement
Pages blocked by robots.txt that show up as indexed in Search Console do not count against site quality. It is mainly a warning to inform owners. If you do not care about these pages, just leave them as they are.
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TL;DR
Pages blocked by robots.txt that appear indexed in Search Console do not harm site quality. Google views this as a simple warning. Ignore them if they don't matter to you.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Les pages bloquées sont-elles pénalisées par Google ?
Non, elles ne sont pas pénalisées. Elles sont juste signalées comme avertissement.
Faut-il modifier le robots.txt pour ces pages ?
Pas nécessairement sauf si elles sont critiques pour votre stratégie.
Pourquoi ces pages apparaissent-elles comme indexées ?
Search Console peut les afficher pour signaler leur blocage, mais sans impact réel.
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