Daily Tip: Create a Robots.txt File to Avoid Duplicate Content and Boost WordPress SEO

Robots.txt is a simple text file that you upload to your server root. It contains instructions for search engines indexing your site, ie. follow that link, don’t index this directory, etc. You can get help creating a WordPress-specific robots.txt file at Ask Apache: Robots.txt For WordPress. Discussion is open below in the comments if you want to add to this tip.

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