About this tool
Inspect X-Robots-Tag headers on live responses before publishing or migrating assets so PDFs, media files, and documents do not send conflicting indexing directives.
This SEO tool is built for pre-publish QA and implementation support rather than vague optimization advice. It helps teams check one search-facing signal cleanly before a page, template, or release goes live.
- Fetches URL responses with redirect-hop visibility and records X-Robots-Tag header values per hop.
- Parses final response directives, flags conflicts like index with noindex, and checks preview directive values.
- Helps QA robots controls on non-HTML assets where meta robots tags are unavailable.
How to use X-Robots Checker
Enter the relevant metadata, markup, URL set, or export data into the tool above, then review the checks and corrected output. Use the result to fix the source template, CMS field, or deployment rule before shipping changes.
When this tool is useful
- Validate indexing directives on PDFs, docs, images, or feeds where HTML meta tags are not available.
- QA CDN, proxy, or server-level header rules after migrations or infrastructure changes.
- Inspect redirect chains when a final asset appears indexable or blocked unexpectedly.
Practical tips
- Check both the first response and the final response in redirect flows because directives may change between hops.
- Use X-Robots-Tag for non-HTML assets and meta robots for HTML pages when you need layered crawl controls.
- Keep header directives explicit and minimal to avoid ambiguous signals like index plus noindex.
Why people use this tool
Technical SEO work is usually about preventing avoidable mistakes before crawlers and users see them. Tools like this are most valuable when they make those checks concrete and fast.
Related search intents
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