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robots.txt	A robots.txt file is a text file residing in the root directory of a website that gives instructions to web robots (crawlers). It tells search engines which parts of the site they are allowed to access and which parts should be ignored. Think of robots.txt as a "Do Not Enter" sign for specific rooms in your house, rather than a locked door. While reputable bots (like Googlebot) respect these instructions, malicious scrapers often ignore them. It is not a security mechanism. Common uses include blocking crawlers from accessing admin pages, staging environments, or internal search result pages to preserve crawl budget. A misconfigured robots.txt file is a common cause of de-indexing disasters, where a site owner accidentally blocks the entire site from Google. Hits - 30 Synonyms: Robots File, Crawl Directives

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A robots.txt file is a text file residing in the root directory of a website that gives instructions to web robots (crawlers). It tells search engines which parts of the site they are allowed to access and which parts should be ignored.

Think of robots.txt as a "Do Not Enter" sign for specific rooms in your house, rather than a locked door. While reputable bots (like Googlebot) respect these instructions, malicious scrapers often ignore them. It is not a security mechanism.

Common uses include blocking crawlers from accessing admin pages, staging environments, or internal search result pages to preserve crawl budget. A misconfigured robots.txt file is a common cause of de-indexing disasters, where a site owner accidentally blocks the entire site from Google.

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Synonyms: Robots File, Crawl Directives

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