Meta Robots Checker

Check index, noindex, follow, nofollow and X-Robots-Tag directives.

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Meta Robots Checker

Check a page for meta robots directives and quickly review instructions such as index, noindex, follow or nofollow when they are present. These directives can influence how supported search engines handle a page and its links.

How to check meta robots directives

  1. Enter the full URL you want to inspect.
  2. Run the robots check.
  3. Review the detected meta robots value.
  4. Confirm that the directive matches the intended indexing behavior of the page.

Index and noindex

A noindex directive asks supported search engines not to include the page in their search index. Pages intended to appear in search results should not accidentally contain a noindex instruction.

Follow and nofollow

Robots directives can also provide instructions related to following links. Their exact treatment depends on the search engine, so use them deliberately rather than as a replacement for a clear site architecture.

Check more than the meta tag

A page's search visibility can also be affected by HTTP headers, robots.txt access, canonical URLs, redirects and other technical signals. This tool focuses on the directives it can detect and should be used as one part of a broader technical SEO review.

FAQ

What does noindex do?

It requests that supported search engines exclude the page from their search index.

Does an index directive guarantee indexing?

No. Search engines still decide whether a page is crawled and indexed.