Robots.txt – An Introduction Part IV
Why is Robots.txt file and Robots important to a webmaster?
Ans :: Well, for a webmaster Robots.txt should be important because, it helps ensure better indexing of their websites, which means more information passed to search engines and thereby better search engine ranks for them.
It is possible for the webmaster to decide how their websites should be crawled, indexed and ranked by the search engines by the use of well-written Robots.txt files. So, it gives them complete (well almost) control over how a search engine "sees" their websites, which is very crucial.
How does a Robots.txt file look like?
Ans :: This is a screenshot of two Robots.txt files. One (Screenshot A) has a minimal command usage, while the second (Screenshot B) has a deeper and complex command usage.
(Screenshot A)
(Screenshot B)
If you like to see more Robots.txt files, just type in the domain name followed by the /robots.txt filename in the browser of any website you like, and if they are using a Robots.txt file, then it would show up.(Ex: www.google.com/robots.txt, www.yahoo.com/robots.txt)
Also Read ::
- Robots.txt – An Introduction Part I
- Robots.txt – An Introduction Part II
- Robots.txt – An Introduction Part III
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