robots.txt report

bettersheets.co

https://bettersheets.co

All reports for bettersheets.coPage not read: bot challenge
C

69/100

Complexity 55/100

How scoring works
User Agents
1
Rules
15
Sitemaps
1
Warning
2
File Size
404 B
Cached result · Expires in 21 hours 34 minutes

2 things to look at

1 warning · 1 notice · 1 info · 1 not checked · 8 pass

1 crawlers named · 1 unrecognised

What this file says about crawlers

Not checked

Who this file lets in

  • Every other crawler all 1 allowed

Path Access Checker

Detailed Analysis

Warning

2 rules name a secret or data file

Rules name version-control directories, credential files, databases, dumps, archives or logs.

Consequence. If this file is served, it is a critical exposure; listing it here suggests it exists. robots.txt is public and among the first files a scanner reads, and it protects nothing: it only tells readers where to look.

If that is not intended. Check whether these paths answer. Remove the files from the web root or block them at the server, then delete the lines. If a .env file or a .git directory was ever served, rotate every credential it held.

  • Disallow: /.envL5Secret file or directory (.env)
  • Disallow: /.gitL6Secret file or directory (.git)
Notice

1 rule can never take effect

A broader rule of the same type already covers these paths.

Consequence. These lines change nothing. They are harmless, but they add length to a file that has a size limit, and they make the real policy harder to read.

If that is not intended. Remove the redundant rules, or narrow the broader rule if it is catching more than intended.

  • disallow: /administratorL15Already covered by "disallow: /admin" on line 3
Info

2 rules reveal an installed tool

Rules name an administration tool, which tells a reader it is installed.

Consequence. Scanners try these paths anyway, so the listing only matters if the tool answers.

If that is not intended. Make sure the tool is not publicly reachable: restrict it by address or put it behind authentication.

  • Disallow: /phpmyadminL13phpmyadmin
  • Disallow: /phpMyAdminL14phpmyadmin
Pass

Search engines can reach the site

All 6 checked search engines are allowed at the site root.

Pass

AI answer engines can reach the site

All 4 checked AI answer engines are allowed at the site root.

Pass

User-triggered AI fetches can reach the site

All 3 checked user-triggered AI fetches are allowed at the site root.

Pass

Social link previews can reach the site

All 5 checked social link previews are allowed at the site root.

Pass

AI training crawlers can reach the site

All 6 checked AI training crawlers are allowed at the site root.

Not checked

Page directives were not checked

The page answered HTTP 403 with a bot challenge instead of its content, so its meta robots tags and X-Robots-Tag headers were not read.

Consequence. Nothing is known about whether this page asks to be kept out of search results. Its absence of directives here proves nothing either way.

If that is not intended. Analyse the page again once it answers normally to our bot.

Pass

1 sitemap declared

Every declared sitemap is an absolute URL and is crawlable.

  • https://storage.googleapis.com/bettersheets_sitemap/sitemap.xml.gzL1
Pass

No syntax problems

Every line parses as a directive crawlers understand.

Pass

File size is 404 bytes

Comfortably within the 500 KB that crawlers will read.