robots.txt file

[Booooze]

hey all

what is a robots.txt file? does it have any effect on whether or not u get indexed? my site is only indexed in yahoo and all it is is a link. it wont use my description or anything. do i need a robots.txt file? thanks

[AdamGundry]

http://www.robotstxt.org/

Adam

[fredmv]

Adam's site is probably the definitive resource for this type of thing, however, you may find this tutorial (http://www.searchengineworld.com/robots/robots_tutorial.htm) helpful as well.