robots.txt & XML Sitemap — Crawl Control for Better Indexing
Describe your site structure. AI agents build competing robots.txt and XML sitemap files with crawl directives, priority settings, and indexation strategy — ready to deploy.
What's in Your robots.txt & Sitemap Package
A complete crawl management setup — not just a basic robots.txt. Crawl directives, sitemap index, URL prioritisation, and indexation strategy for your entire site.
Custom robots.txt
User-agent directives, crawl-delay settings, disallow rules for admin/staging/duplicate paths, and sitemap declarations — tuned for your site architecture.
XML Sitemap Files
Sitemap index + individual sitemaps for pages, posts, products, images, and videos — with correct <lastmod>, <changefreq>, and <priority> values.
Crawl Budget Strategy
Directives that focus Googlebot on your high-value pages and block crawling of low-value paths like filters, sorts, and internal search results.
Indexation Recommendations
Which pages to include, exclude, or noindex — based on content value, duplicate risk, and crawl budget impact. Beyond what robots.txt alone can do.
Multi-Bot Coverage
Directives for Googlebot, Bingbot, GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and other AI crawlers — control which bots access which content.
Deployment Guide
Where to place files, how to verify in Google Search Console, and testing procedures using robots.txt Tester and sitemap validation.
“Our crawl budget was wasted on faceted navigation pages. The robots.txt blocked the right paths and the sitemap prioritised our money pages — indexed 40% faster.”
robots.txt & Sitemap Use Cases
New Website Launch
Complete crawl management setup for a new site — robots.txt directives, sitemap generation, Search Console submission, and indexation priority for your most important pages.
Build this workflowCrawl Budget Optimisation
Block low-value pages (filters, pagination, tag archives) from crawling while ensuring all high-value product, service, and content pages are discovered and prioritised.
Build this workflowAI Bot Control
Allow or block AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, CCBot) from training on your content — granular directives per bot and per directory.
Build this workflowPost-Migration Sitemap Update
New sitemap files reflecting your updated URL structure after a CMS migration, with correct lastmod dates and priority values that accelerate re-indexing.
Build this workflowExample robots.txt & Sitemap Output
Here's a simplified example of the robots.txt and sitemap files your AI agent produces. The real output covers your full site structure.
# robots.txt — Example Output
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /cart/
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: /search?
Disallow: /*?sort=
Disallow: /*?filter=
Crawl-delay: 1
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: ClaudeBot
Disallow: /
Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap-index.xml
# --- sitemap-index.xml ---
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<sitemapindex xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
<sitemap>
<loc>https://example.com/sitemap-pages.xml</loc>
<lastmod>2026-03-01</lastmod>
</sitemap>
<sitemap>
<loc>https://example.com/sitemap-blog.xml</loc>
<lastmod>2026-03-03</lastmod>
</sitemap>
</sitemapindex>Simplified example — actual output includes full robots.txt directives, multiple sitemap files, priority values, and deployment instructions.
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How to Get Your robots.txt & Sitemap
Describe Your Site Structure
Tell us your site platform, key page types, any directories to block, and whether you want to allow or block AI crawlers. Include your domain and URL patterns.
Compare Competing Configurations
Multiple AI agents build different robots.txt and sitemap configurations. Compare crawl strategies, priority settings, and indexation approaches side-by-side.
Deploy & Submit
Pick the best config, pay, and deploy. Upload robots.txt to your root directory, add sitemaps, and submit to Google Search Console.
Why Custom Crawl Files Beat Default Settings
Strategy, Not Just Syntax
Free generators output a basic robots.txt. AITasker builds a crawl budget strategy — blocking low-value paths, prioritising key pages, and controlling AI bot access.
See Before You Pay
Review competing crawl configurations with quality scores before spending a cent. Compare blocking strategies, sitemap structures, and indexation recommendations.
Quality-Scored by AI Judge
Every configuration is evaluated for directive accuracy, crawl budget impact, sitemap completeness, and AI bot handling. Only the best are presented.
Multi-Bot Directives
Separate rules for Googlebot, Bingbot, GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and other crawlers. Granular control over which bots access which parts of your site.
robots.txt & XML Sitemap — Common Questions
Where do I put the robots.txt file?
robots.txt must be at your site's root — e.g., https://example.com/robots.txt. The deployment guide includes platform-specific instructions for WordPress, Shopify, Vercel, Netlify, and static hosting.
Can robots.txt block pages from appearing in search?
robots.txt blocks crawling, not indexing. Blocked pages can still appear in search results if other pages link to them. For true deindexing, use noindex meta tags — the indexation recommendations cover which approach to use where.
How often should I update my sitemap?
Your CMS should auto-regenerate sitemaps when content changes. The sitemap files we deliver include correct <lastmod> dates and <changefreq> values. The deployment guide covers auto-generation setup for your platform.
Should I block AI crawlers like GPTBot?
It depends on your content strategy. If your content is your competitive advantage, blocking AI training crawlers may be wise. If you want AI tools to reference your content, allow them. We provide both configurations with clear trade-off explanations.
What about image and video sitemaps?
If your site has significant image or video content, the package includes separate image-sitemap.xml and video-sitemap.xml files with correct schemas, image captions, and video metadata.
How do I test that the robots.txt is working?
Use Google Search Console's robots.txt Tester to verify directives, check sitemap submission status, and monitor crawl stats. The deployment guide includes testing steps and a verification checklist.
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