Crawling & Indexing Tools
Manage how search engines discover, crawl, and index your website content for better SEO control.
Robots.txt Generator
Create and customize robots.txt files to control search engine crawling
XML Sitemap Generator
Generate XML sitemaps to help search engines discover your content
Meta Robots Generator
Create meta robots tags for page-level crawling instructions
Crawl Budget Calculator
Optimize your crawl budget for better search engine efficiency
URL Inspector
Check if URLs are blocked or allowed by robots.txt rules
.htaccess Generator
Create .htaccess files for redirects, rewrites, and access control
Canonical URL Generator
Generate canonical tags to prevent duplicate content issues
Noindex Checker
Check which pages have noindex directives
Indexability Checker
Check if your pages are indexable by search engines
JavaScript Render Tester
Test how search engines render your JavaScript-heavy pages
What is Crawling & Indexing?
Crawling and indexing are fundamental processes that search engines use to discover and organize web content. Crawling is when search engine bots visit your pages to read content, while indexing is the process of storing and organizing that content in their database.
Why Control Crawling & Indexing?
- Direct search engines to your most important content
- Prevent duplicate content issues
- Protect sensitive or private pages from appearing in search
- Optimize crawl budget for large websites
- Improve site performance by managing bot traffic
Essential Crawling & Indexing Files
robots.txt
Controls which parts of your site search engines can crawl. Must be placed at your domain root.
XML Sitemap
Lists all important pages on your site to help search engines discover your content efficiently.
Meta Robots Tags
Page-level instructions for search engines about crawling and indexing specific pages.
.htaccess
Server configuration file for redirects, access control, and URL rewriting (Apache servers).
Best Practices
- Always test your robots.txt rules before deployment
- Don't block CSS, JavaScript, or image files that affect page rendering
- Use XML sitemaps to ensure all important pages are discovered
- Monitor your crawl stats in Google Search Console regularly
- Use canonical tags to consolidate duplicate content
- Implement proper redirects (301/302) for moved content
- Set up crawl rate limits if your server experiences high bot traffic