Reviewed by Deepak Parmar, SEO and AI search specialist

Free Meta Robots Tag Generator

Create a ready-to-copy robots meta tag for indexing, crawling and search snippet directives.

What is a robots meta tag?

A robots meta tag tells search engine crawlers how they should handle a page. Common directives include noindex, nofollow, noarchive and nosnippet.

How to generate a robots meta tag

Choose the directives you actually need. The tool creates the HTML meta tag so you can place it in the page head.

Meta robots SEO best practices

Use noindex only when you do not want a page indexed. Do not use robots directives as a replacement for fixing duplicate, thin or low-value pages. Make sure important pages are not accidentally blocked.

FAQ

What is the difference between noindex and nofollow?
Noindex concerns indexing. Nofollow is a crawl/link directive and should be used for its intended purpose.
Can I generate a noindex tag?
Yes. Select noindex and generate the tag.