GWT returning 200 for robots.txt, but it's actually returning a 404?
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Hi,
Just wondering if anyone has had this problem before. I'm just checking a client's GWT and I'm looking at their robots.txt file. In GWT, it's saying that it's all fine and returns a 200 code, but when I manually visit (or click the link in GWT) the page, it gives me a 404 error. As far as I can tell, the client has made no changes to the robots.txt recently, and we definitely haven't either.
Has anyone had this problem before?
Thanks!
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If it were me I would use something like web-sniffer.net to try to simulate google bot and see what that does. I would also verify that the file is on the server by looking in the ftp for it. If it is, then I would look in the htaccess file and see if there is anything set regarding it. Someone might have it set up to only let bots view the file, which in itself is not really a bad idea.
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