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Technical SEOUpdated Nov 6, 2026

What is Robots.txt?

Definition

A robots.txt file gives crawlers instructions about which parts of a site they may request.

Also known as:robots exclusion file

Blocked does not mean hidden

A blocked URL can still appear in results if other pages link to it. To keep a page out of search, allow crawling and use a noindex directive instead.

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