GLOSSARY

noindex

IN ONE SENTENCE

noindex tells crawlers not to index a page.

noindex tells crawlers not to index a page.

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In detail

Use it for drafts, internal pages and same-intent duplicates. ⚠️ It differs from a robots.txt disallow: a disallowed page cannot be read, so the crawler never sees the noindex and the URL may persist in the index via links. To remove a page, allow the crawl and return noindex.

Updated 2026-08-06