In a recent YouTube video, Google’s Martin Splitt explained the differences between the “noindex” tag in robots meta tags and the “disallow” command in robots.txt files. Splitt, a Developer Advocate at Google, pointed out that both methods help manage how search engine crawlers work with a website. However, they have different purposes and shouldn’t be … Read more
Google’s John Mueller clarified the longstanding confusion about whether it’s appropriate to use a noindex rule and a canonical tag on the same page. A 2021 statement suggested that using both might ‘maybe’ work, but his latest statement provides a more detailed and definitive answer. Noindex Rule And Rel=Canonical An HTML element is like a … Read more
Google’s John Mueller responded to a question on LinkedIn to discuss the use of an unsupported noindex directive on the robots.txt of his own personal website. He explained the pros and cons of search engine support for the directive and offered insights into Google’s internal discussions about supporting it. John Mueller’s Robots.txt Mueller’s robots.txt has … Read more
Google’s John Mueller answered a question in Reddit about whether it’s okay to no-index a webpage in order to keep it from being shown in the sitelinks. Sitelinks, which are clustered links in the search results from one domain and are are typically shown when someone searches for the name or URL of a website. … Read more
Are you concerned about syndicated content outranking your news content? Google reinforced its long-standing recommendation that publishers require syndication partners to noindex syndicated news content. The Twitter discussion began with data compiled by John Shehata, CEO of Newzdash. https://t.co/3tIbivNpDv Here is a complete data analysis of Content Syndication impact in Google Search for News publishers … Read more
Picture your content as you do yourself. Are you carrying some baggage you could get rid of? Carrying something you want to keep but maybe want to repurpose or see differently? This is no different when it comes to website content. We’ve all likely sat around as a group of minds thinking about the content … Read more
