Sonya* Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 (edited) Please add a possibility to exclude some databases from search engine indexing. There should be a possibility to add <meta name="robots" content="noindex" /> to all database records in one database at once (probable via page database), and to exclude certain databases from the sitemap. Examples: Databases with thin content, like database relationship records created only to group the main records. Databases with quotes, citation, news snippets - not unique content. Databases created from forum topics, blogs etc. - duplicate content. Thin, not unique and duplicate content is terrible for SEO. It would be perfect if we could control, what databases should be indexed and what not. Thanks! Edited September 27, 2021 by Sonya* Ibai, Maxxius, SEO Guru and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEO Guru Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 Agreed we need more control Option for an index and no index per forums / clubs /articles and pages Ibai 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Calvert Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 (edited) On 9/27/2021 at 5:06 AM, Sonya* said: Please add a possibility to exclude some databases from search engine indexing. There should be a possibility to add <meta name="robots" content="noindex" /> to all database records in one database at once (probable via page database), and to exclude certain databases from the sitemap. You can add robot rules pretty easily... from the ACP: Search for "Search Engine Optimization" Click "Meta Tags". Enter the base URL of the database with a wildcard (/articles/* for example) Click the blue "+Add" button. Under the "Meta Tag Name" option, choose "Robots". Under the "Content" option, enter "noindex" Save your changes. By using a wildcard in the database URL, it will cover all database records under it. This would be harder to do for forums and clubs as they don't have a common URL structure. Databases should work however. Edited September 28, 2021 by Randy Calvert Maxxius and Sonya* 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonya* Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share Posted September 29, 2021 (edited) @RandyCalvert, it's a part of the solution. We provide conflicting information to the search engines, if we add "noindex" in the meta but include the URLs in sitemap at the same time. You will get critical issues in Google Search Console for every URL 😐 Edited September 29, 2021 by Sonya* Maxxius 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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