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Build a Sitemap & robots.txt in 5 Minutes

The two files that tell search engines what to index — and what to leave alone.

AAmar LodhiFounder, Vizo Tool July 22, 2026 Updated August 1, 2026 1 min read
Build a Sitemap & robots.txt in 5 Minutes

Sitemaps and robots.txt control how search engines discover your site. Together they're ~15 lines of config that every healthy website should have.

What robots.txt does

text
User-agent: *
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/

Sitemap: https://vizotool.com/sitemap.xml

What a sitemap looks like

xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
  <url>
    <loc>https://vizotool.com/compress</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-01</lastmod>
    <priority>0.9</priority>
  </url>
</urlset>

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Best practices

  • Submit your sitemap in Google Search Console.
  • Keep robots.txt short and avoid blocking assets.
  • List every indexable URL in the sitemap.
  • Update lastmod when content changes.
  • Use disallow for admin and private areas only.

robots.txt is a request, not a lock

Robots.txt only stops compliant crawlers. Use noindex or auth for real access control.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Yes — it helps search engines find pages that lack internal links.
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Amar Lodhi

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Written by Amar Lodhi, who builds fast, private, browser-based tools that save people time.

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