Terms of Service
Last updated: 6 August 2026
No legal entity has been registered for this service. There is no company name, no official postal address, no jurisdiction, and no governing law asserted by these terms. The operator must supply an entity name, official postal address, and applicable jurisdiction before these terms bind any legal person. Until that information is provided, this document is an honest description of how the tool operates and what limitations apply, not a legally binding contract.
Service description
robotsread is a diagnostic tool that checks whether a given URL can be indexed by search engine crawlers. It fetches the URL and its robots.txt, parses four indexability signals (robots.txt directives, meta robots tags, X-Robots-Tag headers, and canonical links), and returns a verdict with the specific rule that produced it.
No accounts, no data storage
robotsread does not create user accounts, store submitted URLs, log requests, or retain any data. Every check is stateless and ephemeral. There is no mechanism for saving, sharing, or scheduling checks. There is no email sender, and no email notifications or alerts are provided or planned.
Billing
Nothing is charged today. robotsread has no payment processor connected and cannot take payment from anyone. The entire tool is free to use. The Professional plan shown on the pricing page is a roadmap item, not a product for sale. The checkout form on the pricing page is a demonstration only: it does not accept payment, does not create a subscription, and data entered into it is not stored or used.
The terms below describe what will apply to paid plans if and when a payment processor is connected and a plan is offered for sale. They take effect only at that point and will be confirmed on this page before any charge is made.
- What you buy: a paid plan grants the features listed on the pricing page for that plan for the duration of the billing period. Features not listed are not included.
- Price: the price shown on the pricing page for the plan at the time you sign up. Prices may change for new subscribers. A price change to an existing subscription will be announced on this page before it takes effect.
- Billing period: paid plans are billed in advance, monthly, on the same day of each month as the initial charge. Payment is processed by the connected payment processor; robotsread does not see or store full card details.
- Failed payments: if a charge fails (for example, an expired or declined card), the payment processor retries the charge automatically on the processor’s retry schedule. The subscription stays active during those retries. If the charge cannot be collected after the retry period, the subscription is cancelled and access to paid features ends at the end of the current billing period.
- Refunds: a charge for a paid plan may be refunded if requested within 14 days of that charge and the plan has not been used. After 14 days, charges are non-refundable except where required by law. Refunds are issued to the original payment method through the payment processor.
No warranty
The tool is provided “as is” without any warranty, express or implied. The verdict is based solely on the four signals parsed from the fetched resources. robotsread does not and cannot:
- Speak for any search engine’s actual ranking or indexing behaviour
- Guarantee that a page reported as “allowed” will actually be indexed
- Detect every possible block (e.g., JavaScript-rendered noindex tags, login walls, or network-level blocks)
- Reach hosts behind Cloudflare (a known platform limitation, clearly stated at the point of input)
Limitations of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the operator of this tool shall not be liable for any damages arising from the use or inability to use the tool, including but not limited to decisions made based on the tool’s verdict.
Acceptable use
You agree not to use the tool for:
- Excessive automated requests that degrade the service for other users
- Checking URLs you do not have legitimate interest in
- Any unlawful purpose
Changes to these terms
These terms may be updated. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision. Continued use of the tool after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.
Governing law
No governing law is specified because no legal entity or jurisdiction has been established. When the operator registers a legal entity and identifies a jurisdiction, this section will be updated accordingly.