How to Stop SEOMOZ from Crawling a Sub-domain without redoing the whole campaign?
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I am using SEOMOZ for a client to track their website's performance and fix any errors and issues.
A few weeks ago, they created a sub-domain (sub.example.com) to create a niche website for some of their specialized content.
However, when SEOMOZ re-crawled the main domain (example.com), it also reported the errors for the subdomain.
Is there any way to stop SEOMOZ from crawling the subdomain and only crawl the main domain? I know that can be done by starting a new campaign, but is there any way to work around an existing campaign?
I'm asking because we would like to avoid the setting up the campaign again and losing the historical data as well.
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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Thank you for the reply! I'll definitely be taking your advice on this one.
Thanks again!
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Thanks for jumping in with an answer Sha. I second that this is something you'll need to work with the help desk directly to solve, if it can be solved.
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Hi John,
Since your campaign is set up using the root domain, all subdomains will automatically be included.The only possible way that you may be able to remove the subdomain from the crawl would be to use robots.txt to specifically block mozbot from crawling it. However, if you do this, then it will not be possible to access the information for the subdomain separately.
So, what you are really asking is whether the subdomain can be split into a separate campaign without you having to start from scratch. I suspect the answer is no (certain things, like keywords may not be relevant anyway).
The only way to get a definitive answer on whether it can be done would be to email the SEOmoz help team direct - help [at] seomoz.org.
Hope that helps,
Sha
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