Common Mistake Related To Robots.txt
                     Common Mistake Related To 
Robots.txt
Presented by: 
Marketing Sweet
Common Mistake Related To 
Robots.txt
   
   The text file created by the webmaster to direct the search 
engine robots for easy crawling of the web pages is the 
robots.txt file. It is one of the crucial elements that you 
should not ignore from the SEO perspective. It is the most 
common thing that crawlers check on your website.
Quick Must-Know Points About 
Robots.txt
•  The robots.txt file should be placed in the top directory of the website.
• The characters in the robots.txt are case sensitive; thus, you should be 
careful while typing the words. Also, the correct case of this file is 
“robots.txt”, not Robots.txt, robots.TXT, and so on.
• Some of the robots will like to ignore the robots.txt file of your webpage. It is 
most common with nefarious crawlers.
• It is publicly available. You can simply write /robots.txt at the end of the root 
domain of the website, and you will be able to see the website directories.
• Every subdomain should have a distinct robots.txt file.
• It is good to add the sitemap of the website in the file. 
Some Of The Common Mistakes
Mistakes are a common part of any work. And like that, individuals also make 
some mistakes with the robots.txt file. So here we are describing some of the 
common mistakes. Have a look at them and try to remove or eliminate them 
if you are doing. 
It is the most common mistake that any individual makes. They don’t place 
the Robots.txt file in the right directory that needs to be. It should always be 
placed in the root directory of the website. It would be best if you did not 
place it inside the other directory because it will become undiscoverable for 
the crawlers when they scroll the websites.
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People block the JS and CSS file in the robots.txt, and they think that it will 
get indexed by Googlebot. But SEO experts say that there is no need to block 
the CSS and JS files because Googlebot has to crawl these pages for improving 
page efficiency.
Not Creating The Robots.Txt File For Each Domain And Subdomain
It is a good practice that every domain, either a subdomain or staging sub-
domains, would have a robots.txt file. If you do not do this thing, then it 
would lead to crawling and indexing of the undesired domains, and there 
should be inefficient crawling left for the important domains and subdomains. 
Therefore it is important that you should have a dedicated robots.txt file for 
each of the domains and subdomains for better crawling and indexing.    
Allowing Crawlers To Access The Staging 
Site
Mostly all developers do experiments or tests on the staging or test website. 
After testing all things, everything gets deployed on the main website. But 
they often forget that the staging websites are also considered as the website 
by Googlebot. Googlebot will discover and crawl such web pages like other 
websites. If you do not block the crawlers from accessing such websites, then 
they will get indexed and might appear in some search queries. And no one 
will like such a thing.
Also, you should not use the same robots.txt file of the main website on the 
staging website. It is completely wrong.  
Conclusion
Use of the latest digital marketing trends and strategies are very 
much effective in improving the position of the business. However, 
making mistakes in the robots.txt can affect the SEO adversely. It is 
small but a little tricky to set the right robots.txt file. Therefore you 
should pay utmost attention and care while setting the robots.txt 
file. 
If you are not aware of this, you can contact Marketing Sweet’s 
experts to experience the right robots.txt file for your online 
business. We keep on exploring the best strategy for your business so 
that you can experience growth in your business. We understand the 
requirements of the customers and work accordingly.
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