What is Robots Meta Tag Generator?
A robots meta tag gives page-level instructions to search engines. It can allow indexing, prevent indexing, allow or block following links, limit snippets, and control image previews. It is useful when one page needs special treatment without changing the whole site's robots.txt file.
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Build page-level robots meta tags to control search engine indexing, link following, snippet length, and archive behavior without changing robots.txt. Use index and follow as the default for public pages.
Last updated: 2026-06-11
limitations
- Pages blocked by robots.txt cannot be read by crawlers, so any noindex directive on those pages will not be seen. Use robots.txt for crawl control and meta tags for indexing control separately.
- Conflicting directives such as both index and noindex or contradictory snippet settings can cause unpredictable crawler behavior. Most crawlers use the most restrictive directive.
- Some crawlers ignore meta robots directives entirely. Malicious bots, AI crawlers, and automated scrapers may not respect page-level instructions.
Sources:MDN Web Docs · W3C Specifications · jquery.app on GitHub
How to use this tool
- Choose whether the page should be indexed and whether links should be followed.
- Enable optional directives such as noarchive, nosnippet, or noimageindex only when needed.
- Set image preview and snippet length rules if the page has special preview requirements.
- Copy the generated meta tag into the page head.
What you can use it for
- Prevent a utility page from appearing in search results.
- Allow indexing while limiting snippets or previews.
- Create a robots directive for one page without changing robots.txt.