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What is the purpose of robots.txt file and how can it be used?

by fruitbowl
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Why is the robots.txt file important for managing my website, and how does it help me control which parts of my site are indexed by search engines?
Where to implement it in WordPress websites?

What does this code mean?

User-agent: *
Disallow: /directory-name/

Help me guys1
#file #purpose #robotstxt
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  • Profile picture of the author DWolfe
    You may want to read this article here https://www.hostinger.com/tutorials/...ess-robots-txt It should put you on the right path for Wordpress. if you want just a basic understanding of what it is in general. Read here https://www.wix.com/seo/learn/resour...your%20website.

    If you read this from the last link "Editing your robots.txt file is an[B] advanced skill." It sounds like you should be very careful about any changes you make.
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  • Profile picture of the author Monetize
    Originally Posted by fruitbowl View Post

    Why is the robots.txt file important for managing my website, and how does it help me control which parts of my site are indexed by search engines?
    Where to implement it in WordPress websites?

    What does this code mean?

    User-agent: *
    Disallow: /directory-name/

    Help me guys1

    These types of technical questions can be asked of an AI such
    as ChatGPT. It will explain things to you and you can ask further
    questions until you achieve clarity.

    I use it all the time for things that I don't understand about code
    and other topics.
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  • Profile picture of the author Princess Balestra
    Gotta figure most tech stuffs're a seecrit smoochieplace for dehoomanised constructs to go feel up their lack of togethahness en masse without zackly swankyin' around noplace tanjeebyool.

    Beyond that, why in heck anywan cares?
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  • Profile picture of the author jeffman123
    The purpose of the robots.txt file is to control which pages or sections of a website web crawlers can access and index. It allows website owners to manage how their site is crawled and indexed by specifying rules to allow or disallow access to specific user agents, directories, or individual files.
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  • Profile picture of the author AndyBeohar7A
    The robots.txt file is vital for controlling search engine crawlers' access to your website. It allows you to specify which parts of your site should not be indexed, helping you manage duplicate content and protect sensitive information. In WordPress, you can implement it by placing the file in the root directory. The code "User-agent: * Disallow: /directory-name/" tells all bots not to crawl or index pages within the specified directory.
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