
Privacy
Issues When Using Robots.txt & The Robots Meta Tag?
Understanding the difference between the robots.txt file
and Robots <META> Tag is critical for search engine optimization and
security. It can have a profound impact on the privacy of your website and
customers as well. The first thing to know is what robots.txt files and Robots
<META> Tags are.
Robots.txt
Robots.txt is a file you place in your website’s top
level directory, the same folder in which a static homepage would go. Inside
robots.txt, you can instruct search engines to not crawl content by disallowing
file names or directories. There are two parts...