Robots.txt issue for international websites
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In Google.co.uk, our US based (abcd.com) is showing:
A description for this result is not available because of this site's robots.txt – learn more
But UK website (uk.abcd.com) is working properly. We would like to disappear .com result totally, if possible. How to fix it?
Thanks in advance.
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Can you share any information about your robots.txt?
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My main problem is in the homepage. Both host similar type of products and brands.
You may check the screenshot. Sorry, I had to blanked out the text.
Thanks in advance.
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Is it showing that for every page, or only some pages? If so, which types of pages? What's the contents of your robots.txt file for the US site?
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