Robots.txt Validator
Validate and test your robots.txt file for proper syntax and crawling directives
Robots.txt Validator
Enter your website URL to fetch existing robots.txt
Paste your robots.txt content or it will be fetched from the URL above
Test if a specific URL is allowed or blocked
Validation Results
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Enter your robots.txt content above and click "Validate Robots.txt" to check for syntax errors and compliance issues.
Validation Features:
- Syntax Check: Validates proper robots.txt format and structure
- Directive Analysis: Checks User-agent, Disallow, Allow, and Sitemap directives
- URL Testing: Tests specific URLs against your robots.txt rules
- Best Practices: Identifies potential improvements and warnings
- Crawler Simulation: Simulates how different crawlers interpret your rules
- Error Detection: Finds common mistakes and formatting issues
Common Issues Detected:
- Missing or invalid User-agent directives
- Incorrect path formatting in Disallow/Allow rules
- Invalid sitemap URLs
- Conflicting Allow/Disallow rules
- Unsupported directives or syntax errors