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robots.txt Viewer
View robots.txt of any website
robots.txt Viewer
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about robots.txt Viewer
What is robots.txt?+
File at yourdomain.com/robots.txt telling search engines which pages to crawl/avoid. Critical for SEO control.
Why view robots.txt?+
SEO audit, see what's blocked from search engines, learn from competitor sites, debug indexing issues, verify your robots.txt works.
Common robots.txt directives?+
User-agent (which bot), Disallow (blocked paths), Allow (exceptions), Sitemap (sitemap URL), Crawl-delay (slow down bots).
Does Google obey robots.txt?+
Yes, all major search engines respect robots.txt. But malicious bots ignore it. Don't use for security - use authentication instead.
Can robots.txt block specific bots?+
Yes! User-agent: Googlebot then Disallow rules apply only to Google. User-agent: * applies to all bots.
Should I block /admin in robots.txt?+
Counter-intuitively, blocking admin URL in robots.txt advertises it. Use authentication instead. Or use noindex meta tag.
Where should sitemap link be in robots.txt?+
Anywhere, typically end. Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml. Helps search engines discover sitemap. Multiple sitemaps allowed.
What if robots.txt missing?+
Without robots.txt, all pages crawlable by default. Search engines try /robots.txt first; if 404, they crawl freely. Best to have one.
Common robots.txt mistakes?+
Disallow: / blocks everything (kills SEO!). Wrong format breaks rules. Blocking CSS/JS confuses Google rendering. Test before deploying.
Does robots.txt prevent indexing?+
Sort of. It prevents crawling. But pages can still appear in search if linked from elsewhere. Use noindex meta for true exclusion.
Crawl-delay - should I use it?+
Slows down bot crawling. Useful if server overloaded. Google ignores Crawl-delay (uses Search Console instead). Yandex/Bing respect it.
Multiple bots, multiple rules?+
Yes! User-agent: Googlebot then rules. User-agent: Bingbot then different rules. User-agent: * for everyone else. Test each bot in tools.
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