AiSEO/Wiki/Robots.txt

Robots.txt

Robots.txt is a text file at the domain root that instructs web crawlers which pages to crawl and which to skip. Uses User-agent, Allow, Disallow directives. Not a security mechanism — just guidance.

Why It Matters

Incorrect robots.txt can block Google from crawling your entire site, or expose sensitive URLs. It also points to sitemap.xml.

🔍How AiSEO Checks

AiSEO fetches and parses robots.txt, checks for Googlebot blocking, verifies sitemap references, and detects common syntax errors.