403 Error on Thirsty Affiliate Links

  • Resolved RachelR

    (@rrodda75)


    6 years, 1 month ago

    Hi,
    I have a number of 403 errors in Google Search Console relating to my Affiliate Links that have been set up in Thirsty Affiliates.

    Can you please advise why that would be occurring and whether there is a setting that needs to be changed? I have 301 Permanent redirects set up on all links and amazon links are set to uncloak.

    Thanks,
    Rachel

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  • Hi @rrodda75,

    Thanks for getting in touch!

    It seems that Googlebot is blocked from crawling your affiliate links that’s why it sends out 403 errors in Google Search Console.

    Kindly check if the Enable Bot Crawl Blocker Script is checked in your ThirstyAffiliates > Settings > General. If so, please uncheck it so it won’t block Googlebot.

    If the issue persists, please check your htaccess file and robots.txt file if there’s a rule that prevents Googlebot from accessing the links.

    I hope this helps! If you have any other question, feel free to ask again!

    Thread Starter RachelR

    (@rrodda75)

    Ok, thanks, Yes, Googlebot is blocked. I had assumed that was correct, as I didn’t think Google should crawl the affiliate links.

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