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Meta Robots Generator

Build a robots meta tag from checkboxes for index, follow, noarchive, nosnippet, noimageindex and max-snippet, max-image-preview and max-video-preview limits.

Generated robots meta tag

What is the Meta Robots Generator?

The Meta Robots Generator builds the <meta name="robots"> tag that controls how search engines crawl, index and display an individual page.

  • index/noindex and follow/nofollow toggles
  • noarchive, nosnippet and noimageindex directives
  • max-snippet, max-image-preview and max-video-preview limits
  • Live, always-valid tag output
  • Clean tag with only the directives you choose
  • Runs 100% in your browser

How to use the Meta Robots Generator

  1. 1

    Choose whether the page should be indexed or noindex.

  2. 2

    Choose whether links should be followed or nofollow.

  3. 3

    Tick any advanced directives such as noarchive or nosnippet.

  4. 4

    Set optional max-snippet, max-image-preview or max-video-preview limits.

  5. 5

    Copy the generated meta tag into the page's <head>.

About the Meta Robots Generator

The Meta Robots Generator builds the <meta name="robots"> tag that controls how search engines crawl, index and display an individual page. Toggle index or noindex, follow or nofollow, and advanced directives, and the correct tag is generated live for you to copy.

It covers the full modern directive set — noarchive, nosnippet, noimageindex and the granular max-snippet, max-image-preview and max-video-preview limits Google reads — so you can fine-tune exactly how much of a page appears in search without touching your robots.txt.

Processing happens entirely in your browser with nothing uploaded. It is designed for SEOs managing indexation, developers wiring per-page rules into templates, and anyone who needs to keep specific pages out of search results the reliable way.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between robots.txt and the robots meta tag?

robots.txt controls crawling at the site level and lives at your domain root, while the robots meta tag controls indexing and display for a single page. To reliably keep a page out of search you must allow it to be crawled and add a noindex meta tag, because a page blocked in robots.txt can still be indexed from external links.

Does noindex remove a page from Google?

Yes, once Googlebot recrawls the page and sees the noindex directive it drops the URL from the index. The page must remain crawlable for Google to see the tag, so never combine noindex with a robots.txt disallow on the same URL.

What does max-image-preview do?

max-image-preview sets how large an image from your page Google may show in results: none, standard or large. Setting it to large is recommended for content that benefits from prominent images, such as articles and recipes, and is often required for certain rich features.

What is the difference between nofollow and noindex?

noindex keeps the page itself out of search results, while nofollow tells crawlers not to pass ranking signals through the links on that page. They are independent directives — you can combine them, use one alone, or use neither depending on what you need.

Where do I put the robots meta tag?

Inside the <head> section of the specific page you want to control, before the closing </head>. It only affects the page it sits on, so unlike robots.txt you add it per page rather than in one central file.

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