Google robots.txt Tester

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We have several pages on our website that use Marketo forms. Google's robot.txt testers are not seeing the Marketo form data and have treated the blocked resource to impact indexing of the pages. They say all we need to do is verify ownership of the blocked resource, our Marketo forms. I'm curious if there are any best practices for uploading the HTML file to our Marketo instance and displaying it for Google to see. The domain where we display our files loaded to Marketo and the Marketo domain we use to link to the forms are two separate domains so Google cannot verify them.

SanfordWhiteman · Accepted Answer

Sanford. Okay, we have the SSL cert added to the Marketo domain now but still seeing this issue. For example, the domain below. When Google indexes the page with their robots they do not show the form and actally, the form is Blocked in the Google Search Console. Thoughts?

Parachurch Organization Program | GuideOne Insurance

You haven't changed your form embed code. You need to change both references to //app-ab13.marketo.com to your now-SSL-protected Marketo LP domain.

SanfordWhiteman · Answer

I'm curious if there are any best practices for uploading the HTML file to our Marketo instance and displaying it for Google to see.

That question doesn't make sense.

You can manage your Marketo LP domain's robots.txt like so: https://blog.teknkl.com/customizing-the-robots-txt-for-marketo-lps/

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