Meta Robots Tag Generator
Generate proper meta robots tags to control search engine crawling and indexing
Quick Presets
Current directives: index, follow
Advanced Controls
Indexing
Link Following
Caching
Media
Sitemap & Crawling
Prevents Google from showing a sitelinks search box for this page.
Specifies when the page content will expire and should no longer be indexed. Use RFC 850 date format.
Warning: Improper use of robots tags can negatively impact your SEO.
Only use noindex/nofollow when necessary, such as for duplicate content, private pages,
or pages under development.
Generated Code
HTML Meta Tag
<meta name=”robots” content=”index, follow” />
Implementation Instructions
This HTML meta tag should be placed in the <head> section of your webpage.
It tells search engines how to crawl and index this specific page.
Placement:
<head>
<meta name="robots" content="index, follow" />
... other meta tags ...
</head>
Tag Statistics
2
Options Selected
42
Tag Length (chars)
0%
Restrictiveness
High
Search Engine Compatibility
About Meta Robots Tags
Meta robots tags are HTML elements that tell search engines how to crawl and index web pages.
- index / noindex: Controls whether a page should appear in search results
- follow / nofollow: Controls whether search engines should follow links on a page
- noarchive: Prevents search engines from showing cached versions
- nosnippet: Prevents search engines from showing a description snippet
- noimageindex: Prevents images on the page from being indexed
- max-snippet:[number]: Sets maximum snippet length in characters
- notranslate: Prevents search engines from offering translation
- Meta robots tags are placed in the <head> section of HTML pages
For site-wide crawling instructions, use robots.txt. For page-specific instructions, use meta robots tags or X-Robots-Tag HTTP headers.