{"id":133,"date":"2024-07-19T14:58:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T18:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reporting.advally.com\/wordpress\/?post_type=blog&p=133"},"modified":"2025-03-13T14:30:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T18:30:14","slug":"dont-let-cloudflare-block-your-ads-txt","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/advally.com\/wordpress\/blog\/dont-let-cloudflare-block-your-ads-txt\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t let Cloudflare Accidentally Block your Ads.txt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SSPs must have uninhibited access to your site’s Ads.txt.  Inability to access ads.txt can compromise earnings if demand partners cannot verify your site’s supply paths. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A common problem with accessing \/adst.xt is that certain CDNs like CloudFlare can sometimes challenge incoming requests from crawlers which then cannot access the required contents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This can be avoided by adding a custom Configuration Rule in the CloudFlare Rules section. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Browse to Rules >\u00a0Configuration Rules<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    2. Create a new Configuration Rule, call it something like “Don’t Block Ads.txt”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    3. Set the “filter” to URI equals “\/ads.txt”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    4. Click “+ Add” button next to “Browser Integrity Check” and leave this option disabled<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    5. Click “+ Add” button next to “Security Level” and set to “Essentially Off”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    6. Save and Deploy the rule<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This will prevent CloudFlare from blocking crawlers trying to access \/ads.txt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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