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What is robots.txt?

A small text file on your site that tells search engines which pages they may visit.

In everyday terms

Like a sign on your shop door saying which areas are open to customers and which are staff-only.

A little more detail

Crawlers check yourdomain.com/robots.txt before reading your site. Most sites simply allow everything and point to their sitemap — our free robots.txt Generator builds a safe one in seconds. It also controls whether AI assistants can read (and recommend) your content.

Now put it into practice

Run a free AI audit of your site and get clear, plain-English fixes — no jargon.