Find valuable content accidentally blocked by robots.txt.

Robots.txt Audit

Robots.txt controls which pages search engines are allowed to crawl. A misconfigured robots.txt can accidentally block important content — entire sections of your site may be invisible to Google without you knowing. Common mistakes include overly broad Disallow rules, blocking CSS/JS files needed for rendering, and missing Sitemap directives. EchoBat analyzes your robots.txt and cross-references it against crawled content to find blocked pages that should be accessible.

How It Works

EchoBat fetches and parses robots.txt during the Discovery phase. During the crawl, blocked URLs are recorded and categorized. The Robots Audit lens cross-references blocked URLs against the site's link graph and content — pages with inbound links or significant content that are blocked are flagged as potentially valuable blocked content.

Why It Matters

  • Find accidentally blocked content before it disappears from search results
  • Validate robots.txt directives against actual site content
  • Ensure sitemap is referenced in robots.txt for discovery
  • Catch overly broad rules that block too much content

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