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Why Robots.txt Matters for SEO
Crawler Control
Prevent search engines from wasting crawl budget on unimportant or private pages of your site.
Optimize Crawl Budget
Guide crawlers to your most valuable content to improve indexing efficiency.
Security Enhancement
Hide sensitive areas of your website from public search results.
Sitemap Declaration
Provide search engines with direct access to your sitemap for better content discovery.
Best Practices for Robots.txt
1. Place at root: Always place your robots.txt file at your domain's root (e.g., yourdomain.com/robots.txt).
2. Keep it updated: Review your robots.txt file regularly as your site structure changes.
3. Test with tools: Use Google Search Console's robots.txt tester to validate your rules.
4. Avoid blocking CSS/JS: Modern search engines need access to these resources to understand your pages.
5. Combine with meta tags: Use robots.txt for directory-level control and meta robots tags for page-level instructions.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
🚫 Blocking your entire site accidentally with "Disallow: /"
🚫 Using case-sensitive paths when your server is case-insensitive
🚫 Leaving comments with sensitive information
🚫 Blocking resources needed for rendering (CSS, JavaScript)
🚫 Forgetting to update when restructuring your site