Show page Old revisions Backlinks This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== Indexing ====== ---- [[metadata|Meta tags]] can contain instructions for [[crawler|crawlers]]. The most important instructions are ''INDEX'' or ''NOINDEX'' and ''FOLLOW'' or ''NOFOLLOW''. **INDEX**/**NOINDEX**: Tells if the page should be indexed by search engines. Indexed pages are displayed in the [[SERP|SERPs]]. If the webmaster doesn't want particular pages to be displayed in the search results, he can leave the "NOINDEX" instruction in the meta tags. **FOLLOW**/**NOFOLLOW**: Tells crawlers if they should follow the links on the page. When crawlers follow a link, they take a small part of the page's page rank with them to the linked page. **Example** <html><meta name="robots" content="INDEX,NOFOLLOW"/></html> **Tip!** - You can also leave instructions for the crawlers in the [[robots.txt]]. These instructions will cover the entire [[website]]. - Use the //Metatag Generator// to automatically generate the meta tags. This way you don't need to worry about the correct HTML syntax anymore.