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Web Page listed in robots.txt has high Rank in Webmaster Tools

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Hello,
right now I have about 20 domains listed in Webmaster Tools. Common to all of them is, that web pages listed with "Disallow:" in robots.txt earn high rank and are listed within the "top 5 pages".
This isn't looking consistent, because I would not expect web pages listed with "Disallow:" in robots.txt to earn high rank.
What is the problem?
Please advice.
some WebmasterSunday, June 15, 2008 9:14 PM
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Just so that I am on the same page, you are refering to what is showing in Webmaster Tools and not under a general search on live.com correct?
In regards to the Disallow directive, this will not increase your PR. It might be a bug. Please remember that we are still in beta and are working to fix known issues.
Brett
Wednesday, July 9, 2008 2:40 AM
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Could you provide a domain name and I will take a look.
Thanks,
Brett
Brett
Monday, June 16, 2008 7:10 PM -
Hello,
some of the domains are:
http://disch-systems.de
http://a.disch-systems.de
http://disch-online.de
http://disch-services.de
http://uwe-disch.de
Thank you for taking care
UweMonday, June 16, 2008 9:49 PM -
Hi,
right now all the ranking data of my account seems to be cleared in Webmaster Tools, but if I do for instance a search like
disch site:uwe-disch.de
again I find the "Disallow:"-pages with high rank in the results.
Could you have some problems with ranking of disallowed pages?
BR
UweWednesday, June 18, 2008 6:45 AM -
Hello,
now the ranking data is there again. There are also the "Disallow:"-pages with high rank.
Bye
UweThursday, June 19, 2008 5:45 AM -
Hello Brett,
This is vey interesting. I don't think "disallow" command in robots.txt file will improve page rank. But Uwe is very confident on that.
Please add your comments.
Regards,
Krish
Monday, June 30, 2008 11:07 PM -
Just so that I am on the same page, you are refering to what is showing in Webmaster Tools and not under a general search on live.com correct?
In regards to the Disallow directive, this will not increase your PR. It might be a bug. Please remember that we are still in beta and are working to fix known issues.
Brett
Wednesday, July 9, 2008 2:40 AM