Daveo16 Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 (edited) I think I've found a bug that exists with at least IPS 4.6.5 & newer. Something in these versions blocks most bots from indexing or seeing the site. I have tested with fresh installs of IPS v4.6.5, v4.6.5.1 & v4.6.6. When I install a different forum system, we see all the bots indexing and see the site. EDIT - I think it may be part of this bug... Edited September 20, 2021 by Daveo16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Stridgen Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 If you believe you are having issues that are related to that bug, please go to System->Support and ensure you have run all optional patched that are shown. That issue was resolved in a patch to the system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveo16 Posted September 20, 2021 Author Share Posted September 20, 2021 That's weird then, as it's showing that I'm fully up to date. Currently running v4.6.6. I've set the caching of blocks to 1 minute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Stridgen Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 It is very likely caching that you are seeing, so let us know once you have had chance to monitor. Also check to see if you have any robots.txt file in there which may be blocking this, as there was one created and patches at one point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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