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Robots.txt Analyzer

Paste your robots.txt file and analyze crawl rules, user agents, disallowed paths, and get instant recommendations to optimize your site's crawlability.

Paste Your Robots.txt Content

About This Tool

Free Robots.txt Analyzer & Validator

Analyze your robots.txt file instantly. Parse crawl rules, user agents, disallowed paths, sitemaps, and get actionable recommendations to improve your site's SEO and crawlability.

🎯 What This Tool Analyzes:

  • User Agents - Identify all bot types configured
  • Disallow Rules - See which paths are blocked
  • Allow Rules - View allowed exceptions
  • Crawl Delay - Check request rate limitations
  • Sitemap References - Find all linked sitemaps
  • Syntax Validation - Detect formatting errors
  • Quality Score - Overall robots.txt effectiveness rating

📋 Robots.txt Syntax Guide:

User-agent: *

Applies to all search engine bots

Disallow: /admin/

Blocks all paths under /admin/

Allow: /admin/public/

Exception - allows crawling this specific path

Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml

Link to your XML sitemap

💡 Best Practices:

  • Always have a robots.txt file at your domain root (/robots.txt)
  • Include all your XML sitemaps in robots.txt
  • Don't block CSS, JavaScript, or image files
  • Use disallow only for private/duplicate content
  • Keep crawl delay low (usually not needed)
  • Test your robots.txt in Google Search Console
  • Update sitemaps when adding new content areas
  • Monitor crawl stats to ensure proper indexation
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Crawl Budget & Control

Could a single line of bad code be blocking search engine crawlers?

Read our guide to secure your site traffic from hidden errors: Robots.txt Analyzer: Checking Your Robots.txt File Before It Costs You Traffic

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