Ask What is the role of a robots.txt file for an affiliate site?

[Brajet]

A robots.txt file is a small text file placed in the main folder of your website. It tells search engines which pages they can visit and which pages they should ignore. For an affiliate site, this is useful because you may not want search engines to waste time on admin pages or duplicate pages. By guiding search engines, you help them focus on your real content like reviews and guides. This can improve how your site is understood. What is your view on blocking low value pages?

 

[Newman]

When you make use of robot.txt, you are instructing the search engines to make available your contents or not to. Affiliate marketers should make sure that they instruct the robot.txt to crawl the part of the contents that they want the audience to see. This will make them to have more reaction.

 

[Anthony Joshua]

I think a robots.txt file is mainly used to guide search engines on what parts of your site they can or cannot crawl. For an affiliate site, this helps you control unnecessary pages from being indexed, so search engines focus more on your important content like reviews or landing pages.