Disallow Indexing for Content Items
This article will walk you through how to exclude a specific piece of content from being indexed in search engines. To achieve this, you'll need to:
Set
noindex
value forrobots
meta tag when adding or editing the contentPrevent the content from being added to the XML sitemap
So let's see below how we can achieve this:
1. Set noindex
value for robots
meta tag when adding or editing the content
noindex
value for robots
meta tag when adding or editing the contentNavigate to any content for example filter the content page with Landing page
Edit a certain Landing page
From the right hand side look for โSimple XML Sitemapโ section.
Open Simple XML Sitemap section and go to the "Default" tab.
Check on "Do not index this Landing page (Layout Builder) entity in sitemap Default."
2. Prevent the content from being added to the XML sitemap
Setting the noindex
value for robots
meta tag will prevent search engines from indexing the page. However, the page can still be included in the XML sitemap. This means that you risk getting an error "Indexed, though blocked by robots.txt" from the search engine console (.i.e Google Search Console).
To prevent/fix this warning from happening, you'll need to exclude this page from your site's XML sitemap.
Navigate to any content for example filter the content page with Basic page
Edit a the content you want to exclude from XML sitemap
Look for โSimple XML Sitemapโ and click the item that can be located in the sidebar
You will see two options, โDo not index this basic pageโ or by default, it is selected โIndex thisโ
To exclude this page from being indexed please select โDo not index this Basic page entity in variant Defaultโ
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