[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #5740: Add /?s= disallow rule to robots.txt

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#5740: Add /?s= disallow rule to robots.txt
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 Reporter:  jonoaldersonwp  |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  task            |     Status:  new
 Priority:  high            |  Milestone:
Component:  General         |   Keywords:  seo performance
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 https://wordpress.org/robots.txt already disallows `/search`, but doesn't
 disallow `/?s=*`.

 This omission creates an attack vector for negative SEO and spam attacks.

 To prevent this, we should allow the following rule to the robots.txt
 file:

 {{{
 Disallow: /?s=
 }}}

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