Disallow invalid URL that pattern Googlebot keeps trying to request #344
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Problem
Googlebot keeps requesting URLs like
/catalog/F44DD53A-82DD-4B2B-B0AE-7B9352112DFD/catalog/nyu-2451-34565which is not a valid request and returns a 404. In the last 24 hours alone there have been 15k requests for URLs like these.Solution
Add an entry to
robots.txtto Disallow these URL requests from bots.Addresses #316
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