robots.txt

[craptakular]

I'm building a site and got my domain online so I can test my database and ensure all my scripts are working correctly.

I have set my robots.txt to

User-agent: *
Disallow: /


This stops all robots right?

Will it harm my site rankings when I eventually remove this?

 

[GaryH-21]

Yes, that will stop all robots, and It shouldn't do any harm once you remove this! I always do this during development stages

Once you do plan on removing it, remember submit a sitemap to Google in the webmaster tools! Really handy to find out what Google thinks about your site.

 

[gord]

Yeh, that's fine, standard for developing online. Don't want pages indexed before they're launched.