robots.txt template

robots.txt ??? (Choose Allow/Disallow to Build a Template)

Q: "Will this improve SEO?"

"The purpose of robots.txt is crawl control and it does not guarantee ranking improvements. Use it to reduce unnecessary crawl and clarify off-limits areas."

Q: "Is Disallow: / dangerous?"

"?. Disallow: / blocks the entire site. ??ing it to production can have serious impact. This tool shows a strong warning and requires confirmation before copying."

Q: "Can I add sitemap lines?"

"?. ?? URLs in the Sitemap field and the tool outputs Sitemap: ... lines (multiple URLs supported)."

Pick Allow/Disallow rules to create a robots.txt template fast. This robots.txt generator streamlines crawler block settings.

The goal is crawl control. It does not guarantee ranking improvements.

Processed locally in your browser.

robots.txt Template ???

Ready to paste as robots.txt.

Preset purpose

Start from a template closest to your goal.

Start from scratch (default) Begin with an empty, safe template. Staging (block all) Includes Disallow: / and is dangerous for production. Danger Block admin only (example) Example: Disallow /admin/.

?? Sitemap lines

Sitemap

Multiple lines allowed. Each valid URL becomes a Sitemap: line.

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Ready to paste as robots.txt.

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Advanced

?? when needed

Crawl-delay Seconds. Some crawlers ignore it. ?? a comment line ??s a comment at the top.

Explicit empty Disallow ??s Disallow: even with no rules (recommended). Restore previous settings ?? settings on this device.

How to use robots.txt

?? Allow/Disallow

Pick a User-agent and add rule lines.

?? Sitemap (optional)

You can add multiple sitemap URLs.

?? and place

?? the result and save it as /robots.txt.

Examples

Safe default

Allow everything and add a sitemap.

User-agent: *
Disallow:

Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml

Block admin

Disallow only the admin area.

User-agent: *
Disallow: /admin/

Block all for staging

Dangerous, for non-production only.

User-agent: *
Disallow: /

What robots.txt can do

• robots.txt is for crawl control.
• Index control is separate and may require noindex.

Location https://example.com/robots.txt

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Will this improve SEO?

The purpose of robots.txt is crawl control and it does not guarantee ranking improvements. Use it to reduce unnecessary crawl and clarify off-limits areas.

Is Disallow: / dangerous?

?. Disallow: / blocks the entire site. ??ing it to production can have serious impact. This tool shows a strong warning and requires confirmation before copying.

Can I add sitemap lines?

?. ?? URLs in the Sitemap field and the tool outputs Sitemap: ... lines (multiple URLs supported).