This is a ready-to-go starter template for Strapi projects. It combines the power of Strapi, NextJS, Shadcn/ui libraries with Turborepo setup and kickstarts your project development.
The robots.txt file is a simple text file placed in the root directory of a website. It serves as a set of instructions for web crawlers (like those used by search engines) on how to interact with the site’s content. By editing the robots.txt file, you can control which parts of your website are accessible to crawlers and which should be restricted.
Purpose of the robots.txt File:
Control Crawling: The primary function of robots.txt is to manage and control the access of web crawlers to specific sections of your website
Optimize Crawl Budget: For larger sites, search engines allocate a specific amount of time (crawl budget) to index the website. By restricting unnecessary pages from being crawled, you ensure that the search engine spends its time on the most important pages.
Prevent Overloading the Server: Limiting the number of pages crawled at one time can prevent overloading your server with too many simultaneous requests from web crawlers.
Examples of Use Cases:
Blocking Sensitive or Irrelevant Pages - You might want to block search engines from crawling admin pages, login pages, or other backend areas of your site that should not be publicly accessible.
User-agent: *
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /login/
Preventing Indexing of Duplicate Content - If you have pages that are duplicated across different URLs, you might block crawlers from indexing one of the duplicates to avoid potential SEO penalties.
User-agent: *
Disallow: /category/page/
Allowing or Blocking Specific Crawlers - You can specify rules for different crawlers, allowing some to access your entire site while blocking others.
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Ability to edit the robots.txt file
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robots.txtfile is a simple text file placed in the root directory of a website. It serves as a set of instructions for web crawlers (like those used by search engines) on how to interact with the site’s content. By editing therobots.txtfile, you can control which parts of your website are accessible to crawlers and which should be restricted.Purpose of the robots.txt File:
Examples of Use Cases:
Blocking Sensitive or Irrelevant Pages - You might want to block search engines from crawling admin pages, login pages, or other backend areas of your site that should not be publicly accessible.
Preventing Indexing of Duplicate Content - If you have pages that are duplicated across different URLs, you might block crawlers from indexing one of the duplicates to avoid potential SEO penalties.
Allowing or Blocking Specific Crawlers - You can specify rules for different crawlers, allowing some to access your entire site while blocking others.
User-agent: BadBot Disallow: /