Why is my ads.txt file blocked on Netlify?

Hello Netlify community,

I’m trying to set up Google Ads on my Netlify site, but I’m encountering an issue with my ads.txt file. It seems to be blocked or not accessible. Here are the details:

I’ve added an ads.txt file to my site as required by Google Ads.

The file is placed in the root directory of my project.

When I try to access it (e.g., mysite.netlify.app/ads.txt), it’s not available.

Has anyone else experienced this issue? Are there any specific steps I need to take to ensure my ads.txt file is properly deployed and accessible on Netlify?

Additional information that might be helpful:

Site name: colisty.netlify.app

I’m using the free plan on Netlify

Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

I found that the policy allowing ad montization in free plans.

The file seems to be available: 678d26cca8dec10008c064b3–colisty.netlify.app/ads.txt, not sure why you say it’s not. You’ve uploaded an empty file though:

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The ads.txt is and was not empty. It has values and a week before it was verified by google and they queued the site in for review and I noticed today that it is not available. And I still tried to rebuild couple of times today. No luck. It appears blocked.

https://colisty.netlify.app/ads.txt

I tried a build now. it seems working now. What is the magic?? Any unblocking fromy our end??

I didn’t touch anything.

okay. thank you by the way!

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