Google and robots.txt

When I inspect the Google Webmaster Tools page under robots.txt analysis, I see this message:

This site is not located at the top level for the domain. A robots.txt file is only valid when located in the highest-level directory and applies to all directories within the domain. The robots.txt file that applies to your site (if one exists) is located at http://www.photocamel.com/robots.txt. This page provides information on that file.

What am I doing wrong here?

Thanks.

In your case, since you are redirecting the root to /forum, your highest level is /forum.

Google's spiders don't recognize photocamel.com as an existing page.

Rather than moving your robots.txt file, I would recommend turning off that redirect and putting in a homepage, even if it is something like vbadvanced.

Originally Posted by Mike

In your case, since you are redirecting the root to /forum, your highest level is /forum.

Google's spiders don't recognize photocamel.com as an existing page.

Rather than moving your robots.txt file, I would recommend turning off that redirect and putting in a homepage, even if it is something like vbadvanced.

I suspect that Google should be able to cope with /forum - the question is whether having a redirect in .htaccess causes Google to ignore the redirected link

It would be worth getting some more understanding of the effects of redirects - both in .htaccess and httpd.conf