Meta Robots Tag Generator
Create a meta robots tag using simple controls for indexing, following links and search-result display directives.
Input & settings
What Is a Meta Robots Tag?
A meta robots tag communicates page-level indexing, link-following and display preferences to compliant search engines.
How Does the Meta Robots Tag Work?
Choose settings and copy the generated tag into your page head. Search engines need access to read it.
Noindex vs Nofollow
Noindex requests exclusion from search results. Nofollow asks crawlers not to follow links on the page. Neither protects private content.
Meta Robots vs robots.txt
robots.txt controls crawling access. Meta robots communicates indexing and display instructions on accessible pages. Blocking crawling can prevent a crawler from seeing noindex; these mechanisms are not interchangeable.
Frequently asked questions
What is a meta robots tag?
An HTML tag containing page-level search-engine directives.
What does noindex mean?
It asks compliant search engines not to index the page.
What does nofollow mean?
It asks compliant crawlers not to follow links on the page.
What is the difference between robots.txt and meta robots?
Crawling access versus page-level indexing and presentation instructions.
Should every page have a meta robots tag?
Not necessarily. Explicit index, follow often repeats default behavior.
Can meta robots prevent a page from being crawled?
No. The crawler needs to access the page to read it.
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