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gurunath · 07-11-2017, 04:22 AM

Robots.txt is a text file webmasters create to instruct web robots, how to crawl pages on their website.

SandraRyan · 07-11-2017, 04:41 AM

Robots.txt is the root file of the website, where you mention which pages of the website are allowed to be crawled and which pages are blocked.

If your website is not having Robots.txt file, than by default all pages of the website are allowed to be crawled.

Robots.txt tag is the substitute of Robots.txt file. It also does the same work, the only difference between Robots.txt file and tag is, tag need to be mentioned in all the pages, whereas file is uploaded only once in the root file.

amgservice · 07-11-2017, 04:43 AM

The robots exclusion standard, also known as the robots exclusion protocol or simply robots.txt, is a standard used by websites to communicate with web crawlers and other web robots. The standard specifies how to inform the web robot about which areas of the website should not be processed or scanned.

NBprajjwal · 07-11-2017, 05:23 AM

In simple words a robots.txt is a file that tells the search engine which part of the website should be indexed or should not be indexed.

parkbogumm830 · 07-11-2017, 05:33 AM

robots.txt is a text file uploaded in server, which tells search engine which file are allowed and disallow to crawl.

Aarti Singh · 07-12-2017, 02:27 AM

Robot.txt file is use to give instruction to the search engine bot. This is used for hiding that pages which you don't want to indexed by search engine bot.

josephdarryl · 07-12-2017, 02:56 AM

The robots exclusion normal, conjointly called the robots exclusion protocol or just robots.txt, could be a normal employed by netsites to speak with net crawlers and different web robots. the quality specifies the way to inform the online mechanism concerning that areas of the web site shouldn't be processed or scanned.

virtualamg · 07-13-2017, 05:19 AM

The robots exclusion standard, also known as the robots exclusion protocol or simply robots.txt, is a standard used by websites to communicate with web crawlers and other web robots. The standard specifies how to inform the web robot about which areas of the website should not be processed or scanned.

Jayasree · 07-13-2017, 06:00 AM

Robots.txt is used for google bot

wiliamjamesh · 07-14-2017, 04:42 AM

The robots exclusion standard, also known as the robots exclusion protocol or simply robots.txt, is a standard used by websites to communicate with web crawlers and other web robots. The standard specifies how to inform the web robot about which areas of the website should not be processed or scanned.

sofiasofi · 07-14-2017, 05:21 AM

The robots.txt file is primarily used to specify File used to direct or to tell web bots what pages and directories to index or not index. This file must be placed in the root directory on the server hosting your pages.

Richard1234 · 09-19-2017, 12:48 AM

The robots prohibition standard, otherwise called the robots rejection convention or essentially robots.txt, is a standard utilized by sites to speak with web crawlers and other web robots. The standard determines how to educate the web robot about which regions of the site ought not be prepared or filtered.

yellowsapphire · 09-19-2017, 01:13 AM

The robots exclusion standard, also known as the robots exclusion protocol or simply robots.txt, is a standard used by websites to communicate with web crawlers and other web robots. The standard specifies how to inform the web robot about which areas of the website should not be processed or scanned.

jacobliam · 09-19-2017, 01:51 AM

The robots prohibition standard, otherwise called the robots rejection convention or basically robots.txt, is a standard utilized by sites to speak with web crawlers and other web robots. The standard determines how to advise the web robot about which regions of the site ought not be handled or filtered.

Dennydevi · 09-19-2017, 01:54 AM

The robots exclusion standard, also known as the robots exclusion protocol or simply robots.txt, is a standard used by websites to communicate with web crawlers and other web robots.

07-11-2017, 04:22 AM	#16
gurunath Registered User Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 30	Robots.txt is a text file webmasters create to instruct web robots, how to crawl pages on their website. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

07-11-2017, 04:43 AM	#18
amgservice Registered User Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 190	The robots exclusion standard, also known as the robots exclusion protocol or simply robots.txt, is a standard used by websites to communicate with web crawlers and other web robots. The standard specifies how to inform the web robot about which areas of the website should not be processed or scanned. __________________ *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* \| *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* \| *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.*

07-11-2017, 05:23 AM	#19
NBprajjwal Registered User Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 1	In simple words a robots.txt is a file that tells the search engine which part of the website should be indexed or should not be indexed. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

07-11-2017, 05:33 AM	#20
parkbogumm830 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: South Korea Posts: 721	robots.txt is a text file uploaded in server, which tells search engine which file are allowed and disallow to crawl. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \|

07-12-2017, 02:27 AM	#21
Aarti Singh Registered User Join Date: Apr 2017 Posts: 109	Robot.txt file is use to give instruction to the search engine bot. This is used for hiding that pages which you don't want to indexed by search engine bot. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

07-11-2017, 04:41 AM	#17
SandraRyan Registered User Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: India Posts: 15	Robots.txt is the root file of the website, where you mention which pages of the website are allowed to be crawled and which pages are blocked. If your website is not having Robots.txt file, than by default all pages of the website are allowed to be crawled. Robots.txt tag is the substitute of Robots.txt file. It also does the same work, the only difference between Robots.txt file and tag is, tag need to be mentioned in all the pages, whereas file is uploaded only once in the root file.

07-12-2017, 02:56 AM	#22
josephdarryl Registered User Join Date: May 2017 Posts: 237	The robots exclusion normal, conjointly called the robots exclusion protocol or just robots.txt, could be a normal employed by netsites to speak with net crawlers and different web robots. the quality specifies the way to inform the online mechanism concerning that areas of the web site shouldn't be processed or scanned. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

07-13-2017, 05:19 AM	#23
virtualamg Registered User Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 124	The robots exclusion standard, also known as the robots exclusion protocol or simply robots.txt, is a standard used by websites to communicate with web crawlers and other web robots. The standard specifies how to inform the web robot about which areas of the website should not be processed or scanned. __________________ *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* \| *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* \| *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.*

07-13-2017, 06:00 AM	#24
Jayasree Registered User Join Date: Oct 2016 Posts: 252	Robots.txt is used for google bot __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

07-14-2017, 04:42 AM	#25
wiliamjamesh Registered User Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 617	The robots exclusion standard, also known as the robots exclusion protocol or simply robots.txt, is a standard used by websites to communicate with web crawlers and other web robots. The standard specifies how to inform the web robot about which areas of the website should not be processed or scanned. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

07-14-2017, 05:21 AM	#26
sofiasofi Registered User Join Date: Feb 2017 Posts: 373	The robots.txt file is primarily used to specify File used to direct or to tell web bots what pages and directories to index or not index. This file must be placed in the root directory on the server hosting your pages. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

09-19-2017, 12:48 AM	#27
Richard1234 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 229	The robots prohibition standard, otherwise called the robots rejection convention or essentially robots.txt, is a standard utilized by sites to speak with web crawlers and other web robots. The standard determines how to educate the web robot about which regions of the site ought not be prepared or filtered. __________________ *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

09-19-2017, 01:13 AM	#28
yellowsapphire Registered User Join Date: May 2017 Posts: 45	The robots exclusion standard, also known as the robots exclusion protocol or simply robots.txt, is a standard used by websites to communicate with web crawlers and other web robots. The standard specifies how to inform the web robot about which areas of the website should not be processed or scanned. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. \| To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

09-19-2017, 01:51 AM	#29
jacobliam Registered User Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 17	The robots prohibition standard, otherwise called the robots rejection convention or basically robots.txt, is a standard utilized by sites to speak with web crawlers and other web robots. The standard determines how to advise the web robot about which regions of the site ought not be handled or filtered. __________________ *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.*

09-19-2017, 01:54 AM	#30
Dennydevi Registered User Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 429	The robots exclusion standard, also known as the robots exclusion protocol or simply robots.txt, is a standard used by websites to communicate with web crawlers and other web robots.

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