Robots.txt Validator
Validate your robots.txt file to ensure it's correctly configured for search engine crawlers.
Best Practices for robots.txt
- Use the correct syntax for user-agent and disallow directives
- Be specific with your disallow rules to avoid over-blocking
- Include a sitemap directive if you have one
- Test your robots.txt file regularly, especially after site changes
- Use comments to explain complex rules for future reference
Common robots.txt Directives
- User-agent: Specifies which web crawler the rules apply to
- Disallow: Tells crawlers which pages or directories not to access
- Allow: Explicitly allows crawling of specific pages (used with Disallow)
- Sitemap: Indicates the location of your XML sitemap