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Are You Blocking Search Engines by Mistake?

Generate a safe robots.txt file or test which rule applies to a URL path for a selected crawler.

robots.txt Generator and Tester

Enter your information to begin.

1. Input

Paste the rules and enter the exact path a crawler should access.

2. Read the result

See the longest matching Allow or Disallow rule and its line number.

3. Take action

Correct accidental blocks, publish the file at the domain root and test the live path.

Scope

Generate a safe robots.txt file or test which rule applies to a URL path for a selected crawler.

Important limit

The tester applies common robots.txt matching rules and identifies the controlling line. Disallow controls crawling; it is not a reliable removal or noindex method.

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