Robots.txt Generator
Create a robots.txt file with crawl rules for search engines and AI bots. Block specific crawlers, set disallow paths, add your sitemap URL, and download the file.
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Block AI Training Bots
Sitemap URLs
Frequently Asked Questions
Does robots.txt actually stop AI bots from scraping content?
It depends on the bot. Responsible AI companies like OpenAI (GPTBot), Anthropic (ClaudeBot), and Google (Google-Extended for Gemini training) honor robots.txt directives. Adding Disallow: / for these crawlers will stop their training data collection from your site. However, less scrupulous scrapers may ignore robots.txt entirely — it's an honor system, not a technical barrier. For complete protection against unauthorized scraping, you need IP blocking, rate limiting, or legal measures. The robots.txt approach is the simplest first step and effective against major AI labs.
Will blocking AI bots affect my Google search rankings?
Blocking AI training bots like GPTBot and ClaudeBot will not affect your Google Search rankings at all. These are entirely separate from Googlebot, which is responsible for indexing your pages for search. Google maintains strict separation between its search crawler and its AI training data collection. You can block Google-Extended (which feeds Gemini training) while keeping Googlebot fully allowed, and your search visibility will be completely unaffected. The two systems operate independently.
What paths should I always disallow in robots.txt?
At minimum, disallow admin and backend paths: /admin/, /wp-admin/, /wp-login.php for WordPress sites, /dashboard/, /private/, and any staging or test directories. Disallow /search? and other URL parameters that generate duplicate content — these waste crawl budget and can dilute page authority. For e-commerce sites, disallow /cart/, /checkout/, /account/, and /order/. Also disallow any internal search result pages, session IDs in URLs, and printer-friendly page versions if they share the same content as the main pages.