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Create robots.txt files with user-agent rules, sitemaps, and crawl directives

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robots.txt Generator: Control Search Engine Crawling for Your Site

Learn robots.txt syntax, create rules for search engines and AI crawlers, and avoid common SEO mistakes.

What Is robots.txt?

robots.txt is a plain text file placed at the root of a website that tells web crawlers which pages or sections they should or should not access. It follows the Robots Exclusion Protocol, a standard that has been used since 1994 to communicate crawling preferences to search engine bots, AI crawlers, and other automated agents.

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