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Thomas Clowes
Asked: 2013-01-14 09:27:53 +0800 CST

If I redirect all users (Except me) from within .htaccess, do I need a robots.txt file

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So.. I have my live version of my site e.g v1.0 at domain.com

I then have my development testing version at testing.domain.com

I want testing.domain.com to only be accessible to me for testing, and as such I redirect all other IPs in my .htaccess file to the current live version at domain.com

Given this, do I need to have a robots.txt file on testing.domain.com to block search robots, or will the .htaccess redirect suffice?

Tiny extra little question.. should such a redirect be a 301 permanent redirect?

Thanks

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1 Answers

  1. The redirect is sufficient. Yes, best practice for this kind of redirect use case is a 301.

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