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Not sure if this is reliable.

- What does "unreachable" mean, exactly? A 404 or some more serious error?

- What is a "Diamond Product Expert" and do they speak for the company?

I agree; I'm calling "incorrect" on this for now, pending corroborating sources. I run a few sites that don't contain a robots.txt file, and they are showing on Google just fine. I see links to the home page and several interior pages; all good.

Because you can see pages not affected doesn't guarantee they will stay that way.

A diamond product expert is a poor sap who freely gave up their time to act as an unpaid stand-in customer support for the richest company on earth.

and we have a winner for the coveted "best comment I'm going to read all week" award!

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