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Merchant Centre changes how it handles blocked crawls
Google has updated the way Merchant Centre handles cases where Googlebot cannot access your website. The changes affect diagnostics for sites with crawl or hosting issues.
Why it matters for advertisers
For you, this means access problems surface differently, so check Merchant Centre diagnostics and confirm your site controls are not blocking Googlebot.
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Merchant Centre changes how it handles blocked crawls
Google has updated the way Merchant Centre handles cases where Googlebot cannot access your website. The changes affect diagnostics for sites with crawl or hosting issues. For you, this means access problems surface differently, so check Merchant Centre diagnostics and confirm your site controls are not blocking Googlebot.
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