Why do crawl anomalies appear in Google Search Console for URLs that are explicitly blocked by the robots dot txt file?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
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Why do crawl anomalies appear in Google Search Console for URLs that are explicitly blocked by the robots dot txt file?
1 real search · 1 real-search pass
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OBSERVEDReason
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (1)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 1 of 1 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT1 real searches · gpt-6
Google Search Central robots.txt blocked URLs indexed crawl anomaly Search Console robots.txt documentation Google ↗
- robots.txt report · support.google.com
- Page indexing report · support.google.com
- Robots.txt Introduction and Guide | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers · developers.google.com
- Block Search Indexing with noindex | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers · ltnr.ca