Robots.txt is a term for a set of instructions that apply to bots. This file is one of the components of almost all websites. Robots.txt files can be used to control the actions of good bots, such as search engines. As we know, bad bots will hardly follow instructions and do the right thing.
When talking about robots.txt, it’s appropriate to use gym comparisons. There is a “Code of Conduct” sign on the wall of the gym. By itself, this sign does not give anything and does not affect anything, because it does not have the power to force people to follow certain rules. But there are always good visitors who will follow the rules and bad ones who will break them.
For a better understanding of robots.txt, it’s worth mentioning bots. A bot is an automated computer program that interacts with various sites and programs. There are both good and bad bots. One of the types of good bots is the crawler bot. The job of these bots is to crawl web pages and index content so that it can be seen in search results. The purpose of robots.txt files is to help guide the actions of such robots so that they do not overload the servers hosting the site, and also do not index pages that will not be shown to users.
