Not sure if to keep this or not (noindex question)

1. What Noindex means?
2. How do I use Noindex?
3. When should you not index?
4. Should I tag noindex pages?
5. How do I know if a site is Noindex?
6. How do I use Noindex pages?
7. Does my site have a robots txt file?
8. How do I remove noindex nofollow?
9. How do I stop bots from crawling on my site?
10. Is indexing good or bad?
11. What are indexed urls?
12. What does a meta tag look like?

What Noindex means?

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. ... The robots meta tag is a piece of code in the head section of a web page. It tells search engines how to crawl and whether to index a page.

How do I use Noindex?

The most common method of noindexing a page is to add a tag in the head section of the HTML, or in the response headers. To allow search engines to see this information, the page must not already be blocked (disallowed) in a robots.

When should you not index?

Generally, you should only noindex where the page has very little SEO value (ie. it is deemed thin by Google's standards or is just low-value content) or where you don't want the page to be accessed via search results.

Should I tag noindex pages?

Concluding with our original question – yes, you should look to noindex, or deoptimize, your category and archive pages if they are causing direct conflicts with rankings.

How do I know if a site is Noindex?

So the way to check for noindex is to do both: Check for an X-Robots-Tag containing "noindex" or "none" in the HTTP responses (try curl -I https://www.example.com to see what they look like) Get the HTML and scan meta tags in for "noindex" or "none" in the content attribute.

How do I use Noindex pages?

You can prevent a page from appearing in Google Search by including a noindex meta tag in the page's HTML code, or by returning a noindex header in the HTTP response.

Does my site have a robots txt file?

Crawlers will always look for your robots. txt file in the root of your website, so for example: https://www.contentkingapp.com/robots.txt . Navigate to your domain, and just add " /robots. txt ".

How do I remove noindex nofollow?

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 stop bots from crawling on my site?

Robots exclusion standard

1. Stop all bots from crawling your website. This should only be done on sites that you don't want to appear in search engines, as blocking all bots will prevent the site from being indexed.
2. Stop all bots from accessing certain parts of your website. ...
3. Block only certain bots from your website.

Is indexing good or bad?

Disadvantages of using indexes

As noted above, wrong indexes can significantly slow down SQL Server performance. But even the indexes that provide better performance for some operations, can add overhead for others.

What are indexed urls?

What Does “Indexed Pages” Mean? Indexed pages have been found by search crawlers (like the spiders for Google) and deemed to have enough quality for relevant search phrases. Indexed pages will show up in search results and can drive organic traffic to your site.

What does a meta tag look like?

Meta tags are snippets of text that describe a page's content; the meta tags don't appear on the page itself, but only in the page's source code. Meta tags are essentially little content descriptors that help tell search engines what a web page is about.