# Robots.txt issue **URL:** \ **Category:** Hosting Support\ **Created:** [March 9, 2024, 5:26am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/robots-txt-issue/90886 "2024-03-09T05:26:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Meishin](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/meishin/32/59902_2.png) [@Meishin](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Meishin)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/robots-txt-issue/90886/2 "2024-03-09T06:09:20Z")
> [@MerchandiseMuseum](#): > > Lighthouse was unable to download a robots.txt file It might be blocked by this though I hadn’t experienced similar issues before: > [@Ensuring only web browsers can access your website](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/ensuring-only-web-browsers-can-access-your-website/49353): > > InfinityFree is a website hosting service. That means that the hosting accounts we provided are intended for hosting websites. Websites contain pages that are accessed through web browsers. InfinityFree is not intended to be used for file sharing, API hosting, database hosting or background tasks/tools. To help enforce this, free hosting enforces a security system that makes sure that anyone trying to access your website is using a normal web browser. This is done by checking whether the web br… > [@MerchandiseMuseum](#): > > Is there an issue with the robot.txt for my website? I don’t see any issues. > [@MerchandiseMuseum](#): > > Does my issue affect why my website is totally not appearing in Google search results Usually not, Google would be able to access your site normally. The reason why you’re not seeing it is because that’s just not how it works. Google isn’t some magic and knows every site on this world. You have to give it time to index your site and eventually shows up in search results. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/robots-txt-issue/90886)._