The file "Robots.Txt", used to manage search engine access to your blog, is found in the blog root folder.
You can't edit "Robot.Txt" directly - but you can upload a new file. Long ago, you would use Webmaster Tools - which is now called Search Console.
Now, we can update "robots.txt" directly, using the Blogger dashboard "Custom robots.txt" wizard, in Settings - "Search preferences".
Here's the link to the "Robots.Txt" file, for this blog.
To view / copy the current contents, just click on the link. You can do the same with the file, for your blog.
If I want to change the file for this blog, I start with the current file. Excepting one small detail (my blog is published to "blogging.nitecruzr.net", yours is published to your chosen URL), your file will be identical - if you have not tweaked it.
Let's look at a simple example - adding a sitemap.
Some people would like to index the static pages, in their blog. That's a simple enough task - just add the sitemap, for static pages, to your file.
"sitemap-pages.xml", like "sitemap.xml", is automatically generated for each blog.
Start from Settings - Search preferences.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOzxiJlJBg6S6S4iWQK6Ga5tqOCEV_2QQ_ja3b6uz4vB_dWe89OTPNsXpofNULu7DDELSUN5dxMYR8g9mITXC3YRFcABeAAy0Xm8Sg9RV-hizDqJO1_oVxsbaCVdx-iM1qwZnhdw/s320/Custom+Robots.txt+1.png)
Start with an empty ("[Disabled]") "Custom robots.txt".
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRBYTQztDfD0kyMaihA_FRFlK2RvAn-5aZ3l9IEUUGSnPjuzxbaomI5LbVQ8wEVot_jihJUFltRpEy5eHWh5ZheMTL0nlXZNAsGrT7m3URG6Biq_Tvga2jtR3-F30BWv9Aktua3A/s320/Custom+Robots.txt+2.png)
Click on "Edit".
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_4CRda1pR7D0TJYFjDrddDZ0yYvx0uTb26mD5M_7Xw2WIw4FEhr9R4ZP5OcX9uEp3ihxwF9km_YuwqIQ2cgJLt1px10mXEVIvNWtQajzKmvrzOp6tAB45LxGpffSpXD7y4VOkcg/s320/Custom+Robots.txt+3.png)
Click on "Yes".
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCFBRfs1hV6z82_ZwNhCAPZrDvMnKYVBCesN-cswlm5RwylKICpWRNjiKAWc1FL_nlWT9xEKa2RkcWL7B98y0TDpepdQfsLBzxNojNuWCJozalUaUsIqDmUWS7mNVEz3ASNadAA/s320/Custom+Robots.txt+4.png)
Paste in your edited file content. Note that you will overlay the current contents with what you paste - so paste the entire file, as you wish to have.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTGFFulLH8Ypqbo9g8Y_FodKIB6-Boi1OVr0PtStnypPuaDwwAw20BFSpfyaMeRfgaBcAuokkoNyo8e0gBhqR4rdXFW5QlyPSb6JJYTRxwqbRYFRQZ9LCYQ5gOFAxHp9r83zb8Ow/s320/Custom+Robots.txt+5.png)
Click on "Save changes".
Select "Yes" for "Enable custom robots.txt content?", if necessary.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Z6yXmA8rajDIJvdWAHUVTUIXyZJLZuy_xgGIwXiF2XGflxUinzzD51YDA-rfL9PkBRxSl5z5UhzFgNh7N3Mor7znbIYs76bPp0PQBhXaiKvPqUePG4bgeI2kUhIWjFXMpeUXaA/s320/Custom+Robots.txt+6.png)
Right now, though, I don't want to change my file. So, I'll leave my custom file in the wizard, and leave "No" selected.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR_mmCY36wWqcX5lxJIo-EHN074aRA96lhB0ah2i1AnQs0YcTFCoqEVCf4t5Jqzcz37pW9HqEgxi0M6ZBUQTQTranbgz_07HVWVb5wyBu715o5Jc72dNliNtT3ls4sb8LhabC1vQ/s320/Custom+Robots.txt+7.png)
And the custom file is
"[Disabled]", again.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgMuPOFP-61UOqHDkOzaP1k_OX8a1PtgB2jR1Tx3_TV8SK2ompWXw3fFEEVDY6L4yJwROatLJRp2OxQ0iH93BqEFPdc3fT1TNMDr2uzji2VOqUNU-JpJiAQ3KHO4eOvJ1ccg2Y2Q/s320/Custom+Robots.txt+8.png)
Even if disabled, I can get it back again, easily enough. Just click on "Yes", and there it is, again. For right now, though, I'll leave it "[Disabled]".
Just be aware of the dangers of editing, without knowing what effect a given entry has, on search engine activity. Remember that you can get the default file back, with a couple mouse clicks.
You can't edit "Robot.Txt" directly - but you can upload a new file. Long ago, you would use Webmaster Tools - which is now called Search Console.
Now, we can update "robots.txt" directly, using the Blogger dashboard "Custom robots.txt" wizard, in Settings - "Search preferences".
Here's the link to the "Robots.Txt" file, for this blog.
http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/robots.txt
To view / copy the current contents, just click on the link. You can do the same with the file, for your blog.
If I want to change the file for this blog, I start with the current file. Excepting one small detail (my blog is published to "blogging.nitecruzr.net", yours is published to your chosen URL), your file will be identical - if you have not tweaked it.
User-agent: Mediapartners-Google Disallow: User-agent: * Disallow: /search Allow: / Sitemap: http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/sitemap.xml
Let's look at a simple example - adding a sitemap.
Some people would like to index the static pages, in their blog. That's a simple enough task - just add the sitemap, for static pages, to your file.
"sitemap-pages.xml", like "sitemap.xml", is automatically generated for each blog.
User-agent: Mediapartners-Google Disallow: User-agent: * Disallow: /search Allow: / Sitemap: http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/sitemap.xml Sitemap: http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/sitemap-pages.xml
Start from Settings - Search preferences.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOzxiJlJBg6S6S4iWQK6Ga5tqOCEV_2QQ_ja3b6uz4vB_dWe89OTPNsXpofNULu7DDELSUN5dxMYR8g9mITXC3YRFcABeAAy0Xm8Sg9RV-hizDqJO1_oVxsbaCVdx-iM1qwZnhdw/s320/Custom+Robots.txt+1.png)
Start with an empty ("[Disabled]") "Custom robots.txt".
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRBYTQztDfD0kyMaihA_FRFlK2RvAn-5aZ3l9IEUUGSnPjuzxbaomI5LbVQ8wEVot_jihJUFltRpEy5eHWh5ZheMTL0nlXZNAsGrT7m3URG6Biq_Tvga2jtR3-F30BWv9Aktua3A/s320/Custom+Robots.txt+2.png)
Click on "Edit".
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_4CRda1pR7D0TJYFjDrddDZ0yYvx0uTb26mD5M_7Xw2WIw4FEhr9R4ZP5OcX9uEp3ihxwF9km_YuwqIQ2cgJLt1px10mXEVIvNWtQajzKmvrzOp6tAB45LxGpffSpXD7y4VOkcg/s320/Custom+Robots.txt+3.png)
Click on "Yes".
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCFBRfs1hV6z82_ZwNhCAPZrDvMnKYVBCesN-cswlm5RwylKICpWRNjiKAWc1FL_nlWT9xEKa2RkcWL7B98y0TDpepdQfsLBzxNojNuWCJozalUaUsIqDmUWS7mNVEz3ASNadAA/s320/Custom+Robots.txt+4.png)
Paste in your edited file content. Note that you will overlay the current contents with what you paste - so paste the entire file, as you wish to have.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTGFFulLH8Ypqbo9g8Y_FodKIB6-Boi1OVr0PtStnypPuaDwwAw20BFSpfyaMeRfgaBcAuokkoNyo8e0gBhqR4rdXFW5QlyPSb6JJYTRxwqbRYFRQZ9LCYQ5gOFAxHp9r83zb8Ow/s320/Custom+Robots.txt+5.png)
Click on "Save changes".
Select "Yes" for "Enable custom robots.txt content?", if necessary.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Z6yXmA8rajDIJvdWAHUVTUIXyZJLZuy_xgGIwXiF2XGflxUinzzD51YDA-rfL9PkBRxSl5z5UhzFgNh7N3Mor7znbIYs76bPp0PQBhXaiKvPqUePG4bgeI2kUhIWjFXMpeUXaA/s320/Custom+Robots.txt+6.png)
Right now, though, I don't want to change my file. So, I'll leave my custom file in the wizard, and leave "No" selected.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR_mmCY36wWqcX5lxJIo-EHN074aRA96lhB0ah2i1AnQs0YcTFCoqEVCf4t5Jqzcz37pW9HqEgxi0M6ZBUQTQTranbgz_07HVWVb5wyBu715o5Jc72dNliNtT3ls4sb8LhabC1vQ/s320/Custom+Robots.txt+7.png)
And the custom file is
"[Disabled]", again.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgMuPOFP-61UOqHDkOzaP1k_OX8a1PtgB2jR1Tx3_TV8SK2ompWXw3fFEEVDY6L4yJwROatLJRp2OxQ0iH93BqEFPdc3fT1TNMDr2uzji2VOqUNU-JpJiAQ3KHO4eOvJ1ccg2Y2Q/s320/Custom+Robots.txt+8.png)
Even if disabled, I can get it back again, easily enough. Just click on "Yes", and there it is, again. For right now, though, I'll leave it "[Disabled]".
Just be aware of the dangers of editing, without knowing what effect a given entry has, on search engine activity. Remember that you can get the default file back, with a couple mouse clicks.
Comments
Bryan
I tried to do this in my blog but it is showing only 151 submitted link and 126 indexed only knowing that i have 304 posts published.
http://chem2tech-en.blogspot.com
can you please check it, and help me to adjust this error.
Regards
Tamer
But a Custom Search does not find any words that are indexed on the four pages {I assume they are static) that I have. So obviously I have missed a step, or a concept somewhere. So I would appreciate a little guidance.
Harry