Meta Robots Tag Generator
Build meta robots tags and matching X-Robots-Tag headers with checkboxes.
About this tool
The meta robots tag generator builds the exact robots meta tag for your page
plus the equivalent X-Robots-Tag HTTP header for non-HTML files like PDFs and
images. Control indexing, link-following, caching, snippets and translation per page.
How to use
- 1. Choose index/noindex and follow/nofollow.
- 2. Tick any extras.
- 3. Copy the meta tag into your page <head> (or the header for files).
Frequently asked questions
noindex vs robots.txt disallow?
Use noindex when you want the page crawled but not indexed. Robots.txt disallow blocks crawling entirely, Google then can't see the noindex.
What is X-Robots-Tag?
The HTTP-header equivalent of the meta robots tag, for PDFs, images and other non-HTML files.
Does nofollow still pass value?
Google treats nofollow as a hint; the link is generally not followed for ranking.
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