Noindex Tag Test
Check if a "Noindex" tag is present on your webpage, helping you to easily identify and remove it to ensure your page is indexable.
Checking for noindex tags and indexing directives...
Understanding Noindex Tags & Indexing Directives
- Noindex: Prevents search engines from indexing the page in search results
- Nofollow: Prevents search engines from following links on the page
- Noarchive: Prevents search engines from showing cached versions
- Nosnippet: Prevents search engines from showing text snippets
- Meta Robots: HTML meta tag that controls search engine behavior
- X-Robots-Tag: HTTP header that provides the same functionality
Common Noindex Tag Examples
❌ Tags that Block Indexing:
<meta name="robots" content="noindex">
<meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow">
<meta name="googlebot" content="noindex">
✅ Tags that Allow Indexing:
<meta name="robots" content="index, follow">
<meta name="robots" content="all">
HTTP Header Examples:
X-Robots-Tag: noindex
X-Robots-Tag: noindex, nofollow
When to Use Noindex:
- Thank you pages and confirmation pages
- Internal search result pages
- Duplicate or thin content pages
- Admin and login pages
- Staging or development pages
- Pages with sensitive information
When NOT to Use Noindex:
- Important content pages you want to rank
- Product or service pages
- Blog posts and articles
- Landing pages from marketing campaigns
- Pages with valuable, unique content