Refactor RobotsTxt.php to correctly generate the Sitemap URLs by appending a forward slash before each sitemap path. #14
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Pull Request Description
This pull request refactors the
RobotsTxt.php
file to ensure that the generated Sitemap URLs are correctly formatted by appending a forward slash before each sitemap path.Motivation
The current implementation does not consistently include a leading slash in the Sitemap URLs, which can lead to malformed URLs in the
robots.txt
file. This inconsistency can negatively impact search engine crawling and indexing, potentially reducing the visibility of the site's content.Changes Made
generate()
method inRobotsTxt.php
to usertrim()
on the application URL to remove any trailing slashes.Benefits
By making these changes, we improve the reliability of the Sitemap URLs generated in the
robots.txt
file. This refinement enhances our SEO efforts and ensures that search engines can correctly access and index all site content, ultimately contributing to better site performance in search results.