What Is a Noindex Tag?
What Is a Noindex Tag?
The one-line tag that tells Google to crawl a page but keep it out of the index. Correct alternative to blocking with robots.txt.
The noindex meta tag tells Google to crawl a page but not include it in the search index — the correct way to hide pages from search — LemRank.
Frequently asked questions
What's the difference between noindex and disallow?
Noindex prevents indexing (page won't appear in search). Disallow prevents crawling (Google won't fetch the page, but may still index the URL from external links).
Which pages should I noindex?
Internal search results, thin tag/category archives, admin pages, thank-you pages, and any page with no unique search value. Never noindex your own core content by accident.
Does noindex hurt SEO on the rest of my site?
No — noindexed pages simply don't compete in search. They can still pass PageRank via internal links, so use noindex+follow (the default) rather than noindex+nofollow.