Noindex is a meta tag <meta name="robots" content="noindex"> in page code telling search engines: 'don't add this page to the index'. Unlike robots.txt (blocks crawling), noindex allows crawling but blocks indexing. Used for thank-you pages, cart, account, filter duplicates, thin tag pages. Often combined with follow/nofollow for link equity control.
Noindex is a meta tag telling search engines not to add the page to the index. Unlike robots.txt (blocks crawling), noindex allows crawling but blocks indexing.
<meta name="robots" content="noindex" />
| Tag | Effect |
|---|---|
| noindex | Don't index, follow links. |
| noindex, nofollow | Don't index, don't pass link equity. |
| nosnippet | Don't show snippet in SERP. |
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