If you are a website owner, you know the reasoning behind the questions. No, we are not talking about physical robots in general, but rather the language of robots. Anyone who is familiar with the famous Google robot – Googlebot, know how important it is to be able to understand the language of robots to protect your site. Not all, however, is a knowledgeable in the language arts talking robot.

It can be intimidating for some site owners when thinking they must learn to use the language, but there are tools available to help the smaller robot savvy communicators. Most of us have probably engaged the services of Googlebot to protect the parts and sections of our sites that we would not have invaded. Those who are familiar with the use of robots.txt language can only fire off a file to him and he will always deliver what we need. But if you are unsure of your skills in the art of talking robot, which is something that can help you.

There is a new Webmaster tools available, which acts as a translator or robot.txt files. It helps you to build the file to use, and all you have to do is to indicate the areas where you do not want robots to crawl through. You can also make it very specifically blocks only certain types of robots from certain types of files. When you use the generator tool, you can take it for a test drive through the analysis tool. Once you have seen your test-file are ready to go, you can simply save the new file in the root directory of your site and sit back.

When you create and use the robots files, you should consider the following tips:

1. Robot text files are not always supported by all search engines – Googlebot and some other robots can understand the files, but other robots may not be able to understand the generated files.

2. Remember that the robot text files is only one way to request that your site be protected against robots review. You just need to generate the file, but that some robots, which are not as closely as others, they may choose to ignore the file and get in. Make sure that you use the password protection option to protect the files you need blocked.

This can be a tool for those who are not as confident in their robot language skills, and can provide a safe haven for the files on your site that you need protection from unsavory robots. It can significantly help you in your quest to protect your site and files within to help generate the file in the correct format for the robot. As always, there are opportunities out there if you need further guidance, check out the Help for Webmaster tools or seek answers from an aid group of webmasters.