Website Robots.txt & XML Sitemap Validator / Builder
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🤖 SEO Crawler Directives
Robots.txt & Sitemap Generator
Configure search crawler permissions, block AI scrapers, connect your XML sitemap, and test path syntax in real time.
⚙️ General Settings
🛡️ AI Scraper & Bot Restrictions
Generated robots.txt
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🔍 Test a URL Path Against Generated Rules
Enter any path on your site to check if search engine bots are allowed or blocked.
Understanding Robots.txt & Crawl Budget Optimization
The robots.txt file is the first asset analyzed by automated web crawlers upon visiting your domain. By specifying precise User-agent, Disallow, and Allow directives, webmasters can prevent duplicate content issues, hide private administrative endpoints, and conserve crawl budget for high-priority pages.
Key Technical Directives Explained:
- User-agent: * : Applies the enclosed crawling rules to all compliant search engine crawlers.
- Disallow: /path/ : Explicitly forbids crawlers from fetching URLs matching the specified directory or prefix.
- Sitemap: : Informs search engines where to find your canonical XML sitemap index for faster indexation.
- AI Web Crawlers: Disallowing bots like
GPTBotandClaudeBotprotects proprietary text and media assets from being ingested into generative AI training datasets.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Disallow in robots.txt remove a page from Google Search? ▼
No. Disallow only prevents Google from crawling the page content. If other sites link to the URL, Google may still index the URL without a snippet. To completely remove an indexed page, use a
noindex robots meta tag.Where should I upload the robots.txt file? ▼
Upload it directly to your domain's root folder so it resolves at
https://yourdomain.com/robots.txt. For Blogger blogs, paste the content into Settings > Crawlers and indexing > Custom robots.txt.Advertisement