Create and optimize your robots.txt file to control search engine crawling and improve SEO.
Always test your robots.txt file before implementing it on your live site. SEOCheckr is not responsible for any crawler configuration issues.
User-agent: * Disallow: /admin Disallow: /private
A robots.txt file tells search engine crawlers which URLs they can access on your site. This is especially important for SEO as it helps you manage crawler traffic and specify which parts of your site should or shouldn't be crawled and indexed.
Help search engines focus on your important content
Control access to sensitive areas of your site
Prevent unnecessary crawler requests
Improve your site's search engine visibility
The robots.txt file should be placed in the root directory of your website (e.g., example.com/robots.txt).
While not mandatory, a robots.txt file is recommended for most websites to control crawler access and optimize crawl budget.
Yes, you can specify different rules for different user-agents (search engine crawlers) in your robots.txt file.
No, robots.txt only prevents crawling. For complete removal from search results, use meta robots tags or remove the content entirely.