Robots User-agent Query
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Am I correct in saying that the allow/disallow is only applied to msnbot_mobile?
mobile robots file
User-agent: Googlebot-Mobile
User-agent: YahooSeeker/M1A1-R2D2
User-agent: MSNBOT_Mobile
Allow: /
Disallow: /1
Disallow: /2/
Disallow: /3
Disallow: /4/
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Hi Thomas
Unless I'm mistaken. If you list multiple user agents before a rule all the users agents are subjected to the rule.
So what you have is a list of 3 user agents allowed "anything" disallowed 4 specific things.
In the end the rules apply to all.
Don
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