Suggest an editImprove this articleRefine the answer for “What does the `<meta name="robots" content="noindex">` meta tag do?”. Your changes go to moderation before they’re published.Approval requiredContentWhat you’re changing🇺🇸EN🇺🇦UAPreviewTitle (EN)Short answer (EN)The `<meta name="robots" content="noindex">` meta tag tells search engines not to index the page's content and not to include it in search results. **Key point:** for a search engine to see this meta tag, it must be able to access the page - if it is blocked via `Disallow` in robots.txt, the bot may simply never read the meta tag.Shown above the full answer for quick recall.Answer (EN)ImageThe meta tag ```html <meta name="robots" content="noindex"> ``` tells search engines **not to index the page's content and not to include it in search results**. This means the page can still be accessible to users via a direct link, but it should not appear in search results. ## Key features - The meta tag operates **at the level of the page itself**, unlike `robots.txt`, which only regulates crawling. - The page **can still be crawled**, but its content **will not be placed in the index**. - The meta tag can be set either for all bots (`robots`) or for specific ones, for example: ```html <meta name="googlebot" content="noindex"> ``` ## Important For the search engine to see this meta tag, it must be able to access the page. If it is blocked via `Disallow` in `robots.txt`, the bot may simply never read the meta tag, and the page could still end up in the results via external links, but without any text.For the reviewerNote to the moderator (optional)Visible only to the moderator. Helps review go faster.