The Ultimate Guide to Robots.txt: From Beginner to Pro (with Full Examples)

This article is a comprehensive guide to robots.txt, designed to help webmasters and developers correctly configure this file for Search Engine Optimization (SEO). It details the proper placement of robots.txt, its core syntax (like User-agent, Disallow, Allow), the use of wildcards, and provides a complete configuration example suitable for most websites. Special emphasis is placed on the critical rule that the Sitemap directive must use an absolute URL, helping you avoid common mistakes. Whether you want to fully open, conservatively restrict, or tailor rules for an e-commerce site, the templates provided by wiki.lib00 will get you started easily.