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Test and validate robots.txt files for proper SEO configuration
The robots.txt file is the first place search engines look when visiting your site. A single mistake here can accidentally block Google from indexing your entire website, causing your traffic to plummet. Conversely, failing to block sensitive areas can expose private data or duplicate content. Our Robots.txt Tester helps you verify your rules, check for syntax errors, and simulate how different bots (like Googlebot or Bingbot) will interact with your site, ensuring your SEO strategy works exactly as intended.
A robots.txt tester is an essential SEO tool that validates and tests your robots.txt file to ensure search engine crawlers can properly access and index your website. The robots.txt file is a standard used by websites to communicate with web crawlers about which pages should be crawled and indexed. Our free robots.txt tester allows you to validate your robots.txt syntax, test specific URLs against your rules, check for common errors, and ensure proper crawler directives. All testing happens 100% client-side in your browser, ensuring your website structure and URLs remain completely private.
Paste your robots.txt file content into the input field, or enter the URL of your robots.txt file to fetch it automatically.
Click the "Validate" button to check for syntax errors, formatting issues, and common mistakes in your robots.txt file.
Enter specific URLs you want to test against your robots.txt rules to see if they are allowed or disallowed for crawling.
Check the validation results, warnings, and URL test outcomes to identify any issues with your robots.txt configuration.
Correct any syntax errors or misconfigurations identified by the tester to ensure proper crawler behavior.
Save your corrected robots.txt file and upload it to your website root directory for search engines to access.
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