Harnessing the Power of Robots
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Harnessing the Power of Robots
Overview
To ensure your website is effectively indexed by search engines, it's important to control which pages they can access. Sometimes, you might want to restrict access to certain parts of your site. This is where the robots.txt file comes into play.Understanding Robots.txt
The robots.txt file is a simple two-line text file that resides in your website’s main directory (for LINUX systems, this is your /public_html/ directory). It looks something like this:```
User-agent: *
Disallow:
```
The first line specifies the bot visiting your site, while the second line indicates the parts of the site they are allowed or disallowed to access.
Customizing Bots Access
To manage different bots, you can repeat these lines as needed. For example:```
User-agent: googlebot
Disallow:
User-agent: askjeeves
Disallow: /
```
This example allows Google (user-agent name GoogleBot) to access all pages, while completely blocking Ask Jeeves.
Benefits of Using Robots.txt
Even if you wish to allow all bots to index every page, having a robots.txt file is advisable. It prevents your error logs from filling up with entries from bots attempting to access a non-existent robots.txt file.For a comprehensive list of robot user agents, visit [this website](http://www.robotstxt.org/wc/active/html/index.html).
Further Reading
For more information on robots.txt, check out the [resources here](http://www.websitesecrets101.com/robotstxt-further-reading-resources).By managing your robots.txt file, you ensure a smooth indexing process and maintain control over search engine access to your site.
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