Robots.txt Generator

    Create a correctly formatted robots.txt file to manage search engine bots.

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    Allow all bots

    If turned off, the entire site is blocked from crawling (Disallow: /)

    User-agent: *
    Disallow: /wp-admin/
    Disallow: /cgi-bin/
    Disallow: /panel/
    
    Sitemap: https://clou.tr/sitemap.xml

    How does robots.txt work?

    Search engine bots read the robots.txt file before crawling a site and follow the directives within it. A properly configured robots.txt directs your crawl budget toward important pages and prevents unnecessary or private pages from being indexed.

    • Disallow: Blocks crawling of the specified path
    • Sitemap: Declares the address of your XML sitemap (recommended)
    • Crawl-delay: Seconds bots should wait between requests

    You can use our sitemap.xml generator to create your sitemap.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    robots.txt is a text file placed in your site's root directory (example.com/robots.txt) that tells search engine bots which pages they may crawl. Use it to manage sections you don't want indexed, such as admin panels, carts or search result pages.

    No. robots.txt is not a security or privacy tool; it only guides well-behaved bots. A page blocked with Disallow can still appear in search results if other sites link to it. To fully remove a page from the index, use the 'noindex' meta tag.

    Yes, it's recommended. Adding the line 'Sitemap: https://yoursite.com/sitemap.xml' to robots.txt helps search engines find your sitemap easily and discover your pages faster.

    Crawl-delay specifies the time (in seconds) bots should wait between requests, helping reduce server load. However, Google ignores this directive; some engines like Bing and Yandex support it. If your server resources are limited, a low value can be useful.

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