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Meta Robots Tag Checker

Paste a meta robots tag or HTML head snippet and check index/follow directives without fetching the page.

Pasted HTML stays in your browser. No URL fetching.

Paste meta robots tag or HTML headCharacters: 122/20,000 (pasted input only).

Robots tags

Index state

indexable

Follow state

Multiple robots-related meta tags found. Check that page-wide and bot-specific rules do not conflict.

Meta Robots Tag Checker workflow tips

Use this pasted-input SEO checker for quick QA before publishing, migrating, or auditing page source snippets. ClearUtils intentionally avoids live URL crawling in this tool so the workflow stays private, fast, and low-risk.

Start with copied source

Copy the relevant sitemap XML, URL list, robots meta tag, or HTML head snippet from your CMS, generated file, or page source.

Check the warnings

Use the warnings as practical QA signals before updating source files, metadata, or indexing notes.

Continue the SEO pass

Pair this tool with Canonical Tag Checker, HTML Heading Structure Checker, and Meta Title & Description Checker.

What this tool does

Finds robots-related meta tags, lists directives, identifies noindex or nofollow signals, and warns about empty, duplicate, or conflicting directives.

Common use cases

Check pasted meta robots directives before publishing pages that should or should not be indexed.

Use Meta Robots Tag Checker during a pasted-input SEO QA pass before publishing or handing off a page. It helps review copied metadata, snippets, headings, social tags, or canonical signals without crawling a live URL.

How to use it

Paste a meta robots tag, bot-specific meta tag, or HTML head snippet.
Review detected directives and index/follow status.
Fix conflicting or unintended noindex/nofollow values before publishing.

Example workflow

Paste the relevant title, description, tag block, heading outline, or canonical markup from your draft page. Review the warnings and preview output, make edits in your CMS or document, then recheck the same pasted input before publishing.

Privacy note

This SEO helper uses pasted input only. It does not crawl URLs, fetch pages, upload content, or store your HTML.

FAQ

Does this checker crawl my page?

No. It only checks pasted HTML or meta tags in your browser and does not fetch a live URL.

What does noindex mean?

A noindex directive asks compliant search engines not to include that page in their search index.

Can it detect bot-specific tags?

Yes. It recognizes robots-related names such as robots, googlebot, bingbot, slurp, and duckduckbot.

Explore more tools

Browse the SEO Tools hub or continue with the SEO QA Toolkit when this task is part of a larger workflow.