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Robots.txt Unreachable – Club #38 Website Indexing Issue

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Re: Google cannot index our club site (robots.txt unreachable)

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Hello,Our club site 38.toastmastersclubs.org/ is not being indexed properly by Google. In Search Console, when we request indexing, it shows an error saying robots.txt is unreachable.The site loads fine in a browser, and I can open robots.txt manually, but Googlebot seems unable to reach it.Could you please check if:
  • robots.txt is consistently reachable by Googlebot,
  • there’s any hosting-level block or crawl-delay that may cause timeouts,
  • or if a misconfiguration is preventing indexing.
Other Toastmasters club sites appear to work, so I want to confirm if this is specific to ours.Thank you,
Lisa
First Canadian Toastmasters Club #38
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Re: Robots.txt Unreachable – Club #38 Website Indexing Issue

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You will have to give us more information. Which of the thousands of search bots is giving this message?
What were you doing when you got this message?
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Brian McDonald DTM
Silver and Wiser Online Toastmasters Club #777940

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Re: Robots.txt Unreachable – Club #38 Website Indexing Issue

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Here's my error from Google search console
 
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Re: Robots.txt Unreachable – Club #38 Website Indexing Issue

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Hi,

Google Search Console is showing a site-wide indexing issue for our club site:
[url=https://38.toastmastersclubs.org?utm_source=chatgpt.com] 38.toastmastersclubs.org [/url]Googlebot cannot access the robots.txt file, and as a result, the entire site is blocked from indexing.

Here's what I’ve confirmed:
  • The site loads fine for users
  • Google reports: “Page fetch failed: robots.txt unreachable”
  • The sitemap ( 38.toastmastersclubs.org/sitemap.xml ) redirects to the homepage
  • Manual indexing fails due to this robots.txt error
We’re no longer showing up in Google searches, which impacts visibility for potential members.Can you confirm if this is a known issue and whether a fix is in progress?Thanks,
Lisa
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Re: Robots.txt Unreachable – Club #38 Website Indexing Issue

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Please try this again. Several google IP were banned. Those bans have been removed.
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Brian McDonald DTM
Silver and Wiser Online Toastmasters Club #777940

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