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Quick Start

For many websites, the safest start is:

  1. Install Better Robots.txt
  2. Open the setup wizard
  3. Choose Essential
  4. Review the final output
  5. Save changes

Which preset is safest?

  • Essential: safest starting point for most sites
  • AI-First: best for publishers and content-heavy sites
  • Fortress: best for stricter protection-first setups
  • Custom: best for advanced users who know why they need it

Free, Pro, and Premium

The free edition is intentionally useful on its own.

Use it when you want:

  • a better default robots.txt
  • guided setup
  • clearer crawl policy
  • review before publish

Move to Pro when you want:

  • deeper AI and SEO tool controls
  • more detailed governance options
  • llms.txt support

Move to Premium when you want:

  • the strictest protection-oriented setup
  • broader bad bot coverage
  • the strongest archive and crawler options

The safest first path

If you are not sure:

  • start with Free
  • choose Essential
  • review the output
  • tighten only what you understand

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