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Robots.txt

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What Is Robots.txt? A robots.txt file is a text document used to give directives to search engine bots and spiders on how to crawl and index pages on a website. Why Is Robots.txt Important In SEO? Robots.txt is an important tool for a website to use and it has a few different functions. It is an effective way of controlling crawl budget. By blocking certain sections of a website from being crawled, Google crawlers can direct their efforts to more important sections of your website. It is also important to use robots.txt in order to prevent internal search results pages from being indexed, or similarly other pages that you don’t want to be seen in SERPs like login pages. Robots.txt is also useful if you need to hide pages that are under construction so that your audience won’t see them until they’re ready.
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