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What is index and no index in SEO?

by Rhyley Bryan

What is index and no index in SEO?

noindex means that a web page shouldn’t be indexed by search engines and therefore shouldn’t be shown on the search engine’s result pages. nofollow means that search engines spiders shouldn’t follow the links on that page. VALUE1 and VALUE2 can be set to noindex, nofollow or another combination like index, nofollow .

How do I fix meta no index?

Issue #2: Remove ‘noindex’ Meta Tag in WordPress

  1. Log in to WordPress.
  2. Go to Settings → Reading.
  3. Scroll down the page to where it says “Search Engine Visibility”
  4. Uncheck the box next to “Discourage search engines from indexing this site”
  5. Hit the “Save Changes” button below.

How do I make search engines not index my site?

Add both a “noindex” and “nofollow” tag: when you don’t want search engines to index a webpage in search, and you don’t want it to follow the links on that page. Thank-you pages are a great example of this type of situation.

How are no index tags used in Seo?

“No index” directives instruct search engines to exclude a page from the index, rendering it ineligible to appear in search results. The most common way to instruct search engines not to index a page is to include a Meta Robots tag within the tag of an HTML page with a “noindex” directive as below:

How does a meta tag work in Seo?

To put it in simple terms, this meta tag tells search engines what actions they can take (or not take) on a certain page. Major search engines will abide by the commands included in this tag.

Do you have to remove noindex meta tag from HTML?

If you want that your webpage to be indexed by search engines, you have to remove the noindex meta tag from your HTML code.

Where can I find Meta robots noindex tags?

To find indexed pages that may be set to meta robots noindex, hit the “Valid with warnings” tab and look for “Indexed, though blocked by robots.txt” warnings: Check the source code of these pages for a meta robots noindex tag. Remove either the robots.txt block or meta robots noindex tag depending on what you’re trying to do.