Imagine your house has lots of different rooms, each with something special inside. A robots.txt file is like a sign on your door that tells robots which rooms they can visit and which ones are off-limits. Open rooms: If a robot sees "allow" on the sign, it knows it can explore that room and look around, just like how search engines can visit and learn about certain pages on your website. Closed rooms: If the sign says "disallow," it's like telling the robot, "No peeking! This room is private," just like how the robots.txt file can tell search engines not to visit specific pages on your website, maybe because they're unfinished or not meant for the public. So, the robots.txt file helps keep your website organized and private, just like you wouldn't want robots going through your bedroom or secret hideout!
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