How to Fix "Blocked by Robots.txt" Error in Blogger

2. Check Your Blogger Settings

Blogger has a built-in feature of custom robots.txt blogger settings. If this was set up incorrectly, it could be blocking your entire site.

1. Log in to your Blogger Dashboard.
2. Go to Settings > Scroll down to Crawlers and indexing.
3. Check Enable custom robots.txt.

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3. Use the Standard "Safe" Robots.txt

If you want to use a custom robots.txt to ensure your sitemap is submitted correctly, use this standard format:

Plaintext

User-agent: *
Disallow: /search
Allow: /
Sitemap: https://yourblogname.blogspot.com/sitemap.xml{codeBox}

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4. Ask Google to Validate the Fix

Once you have updated your settings in Blogger:

1. Go back to Google Search Console.
2. Click on the Blocked by robots.txt error.
3. Click the Validate Fix button.

Google will then re-crawl your site. Note that it can take anywhere from a few days to two weeks for the error to disappear from your dashboard.