Code for a page that you don't want indexed?

jmdin12 · 05-22-2006, 07:18 AM

What code do I have to put on a web page if I don't want it indexed by Google?...ex: a test page or a legal notice page.

andrew247 · 05-22-2006, 07:38 AM

The best thing for that would be a robots.txt file.
The robots.txt file must be placed in your root directory (i.e. http://www.yourdomain.com/robots.txt), and then you have to include the correct code. For example,

Code:

User-agent: *
Disallow: /cgi-bin/
Disallow: /tmp/
Disallow: /~joe/

Would disallow a search engine from crawling the /cgi-bin/, /tmp/, and /~joe/ directories.
Here is a helpful resource for robots.txt files.

05-22-2006, 07:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
jmdin12 Noogle Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Code for a page that you don't want indexed? What code do I have to put on a web page if I don't want it indexed by Google?...ex: a test page or a legal notice page.

05-22-2006, 07:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
andrew247 Google Guru Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: c:\GoogleCommunity Posts: 3,420 Thanks: 3 Thanked 18 Times in 17 Posts	The best thing for that would be a robots.txt file. The robots.txt file must be placed in your root directory (i.e. http://www.yourdomain.com/robots.txt), and then you have to include the correct code. For example, Code: User-agent: * Disallow: /cgi-bin/ Disallow: /tmp/ Disallow: /~joe/ Would disallow a search engine from crawling the /cgi-bin/, /tmp/, and /~joe/ directories. Here is a helpful resource for robots.txt files.

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