About the Robots Meta Tag Checker & Builder
The <meta name="robots"> tag is an essential tool for webmasters seeking to fine-tune how search engines crawl, index, and display rich snippets for individual webpages. Beyond simple index and follow rules, modern search engines support advanced directives like max-image-preview, max-snippet, and noarchive.
For example, setting max-image-preview:large tells Google it has permission to display large featured thumbnails for your content in Google Discover and top search carousels, significantly boosting click-through rates.
This Robots Meta Tag Checker and Builder lets you configure custom crawl permissions through intuitive toggles and generates clean, standards-compliant HTML meta tags ready for your site's <head> section.
A common mistake is forgetting to set max-image-preview:large on editorial or blog posts, which limits image snippet sizing in mobile search and Google Discover. Another issue is using noarchive unnecessarily, which disables Google Cache view for legitimate users.
Tip: For standard blog posts and landing pages, use <meta name="robots" content="index, follow, max-image-preview:large"> to maximize visibility across Google Discover and rich search surfaces.