Robots.txt & Robots Meta Tag Builder

Easily direct search engine crawlers, define page index policies, and simulate Google snippet previews.

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Googlebot|DISALLOW|/admin/
Bingbot|DISALLOW|/temp/
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Mastering Search Engine Crawling & Indexing
Controlling how search engines like Google and Bing crawl and index your website is fundamental to SEO. Our free online Robots.txt & Robots Meta Tag Builder gives you complete control over search results appearance.
What is a Robots.txt File?
The robots.txt file is a plain text file placed in your website's root directory. It instructs search engine spiders (user-agents) which pages or sections of your site they should or shouldn't crawl. For example, blocking /admin/ or /temp/ folders saves crawl budget and secures sensitive locations.
Understanding Robots Meta Tags
While robots.txt controls crawling, robots meta tags control indexing. They are placed in the <head> of specific web pages:
  • noindex: Tells search engines not to show this page in search results at all.
  • nofollow: Tells search engines not to follow any links on this page.
  • nosnippet: Tells search engines to index the page but prevent showing a description snippet, video preview, or rich results in the search results (displaying 'No page information is available' instead).
The Interaction Between Robots.txt and Meta Tags
A common SEO mistake is blocking a page in robots.txt while also adding a noindex tag to it. If a page is blocked by robots.txt, Google cannot crawl it to see the noindex instruction, which means the page might still appear in search results with a missing snippet. Use our generator to create accurate SEO directives.