Googlebot Must Follow Redirects From Homepage To Favicon, Updated Doc Say
Google Search has just updated its favicon documentation to now specify that Googlebot must be able to follow redirects from the homepage to the page where the favicon is specified. The document also explicitly says that these URLs must not be blocked by robots.txt or other means.
Key points
- • It previously said : Googlebot-Image must be able to crawl the favicon file and Googlebot must be able to crawl the home page; they cannot be blocked for crawling.
- • Here is a screenshot highlighting what changed - new document: Old document: So make sure to double-check that Google can reach the homepage, follow its redirects, and fetch the favicon.
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