Robots.txt Generator & Validator
Create a perfect robots.txt file in seconds. Block AI crawlers, SEO bots, and control how search engines access your site.
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# robots.txt generated by Upgrid # https://upgrid.app/tools/robots-txt-generator User-agent: * Allow: /
- 1.Upload robots.txt to your site root (example.com/robots.txt)
- 2.Use Disallow: / to block entire site for specific bots
- 3.Always add your sitemap URL for better indexing
- 4.Test your robots.txt in Google Search Console
Everything You Need to Know About robots.txt
What is robots.txt?
Robots.txt is a text file that tells search engine crawlers which pages or sections of your site they can or cannot access. It's placed in the root directory of your website and is the first file crawlers check before indexing your content.
Why Block AI Bots Like GPTBot?
AI companies like OpenAI (GPTBot), Anthropic (ClaudeBot), and others use web crawlers to collect data for training their language models. If you want to prevent your content from being used to train AI models without your consent, you should block these bots in your robots.txt file.
Robots.txt Best Practices
- Always include a Sitemap directive to help search engines discover your content
- Don't block CSS or JavaScript files that search engines need to render your pages
- Use specific User-agent rules rather than blocking all bots with *
- Test your robots.txt file in Google Search Console before deploying
- Remember that robots.txt is a suggestion, not a security measure