{"id":477,"date":"2020-08-13T10:47:07","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T10:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seoservices-india.in\/blog\/?p=477"},"modified":"2020-08-13T10:47:07","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T10:47:07","slug":"google-has-canceled-support-for-robots-txt-no-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seoservices-india.in\/blog\/google-has-canceled-support-for-robots-txt-no-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Has Canceled Support For Robots.Txt No index"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google will stop obeying a Robots.Txt directive<\/strong><\/em> <\/a>related to indexing according to an official statement made by Google.<\/span><\/p>\n

websites relying on Robots.Txt Noindex still have time to choose an alternative till 1<\/span>st<\/span> September 2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It might sound like some foreign term especially if you\u2019re new to SEO but digital marketers understand how important it is.<\/span><\/p>\n

Googlebot crawler adds a website into Google\u2019s database by crawling through various webpages. Google ranks websites on SERPs based on this indexation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What does Robots.Txt do?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Robots.Txt is a command used by websites to inform Googlebot which pages on your site to crawl and which ones to avoid.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0It was used to optimize a website\u2019s crawl-ability and make sure that the crawl bot or search engine spider doesn\u2019t fall into any problem while going through a website.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Why is Google cancelling Robots.Txt Noindex?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Robots.Txt Noindex is neither an official directive nor it is a fool-proof directive.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to sources, it did fail in 8% of the cases and does more harm to a website.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Even minor mistakes hurt the website\u2019s ranking on SERPs that preferably webmasters didn\u2019t want.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Alternatives for Robots.Txt Noindex<\/b><\/h2>\n

Google didn\u2019t want site publishers to feel helpless with this update. Hence they mentioned about the five alternatives in their blog.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Noindex in Robots Meta Tags<\/b>: The most effective way to stop URLs from being added to Google\u2019s database is by avoiding URLs to be crawled by meta robots index.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. 404 and 410 HTTP Status Codes<\/b>: Both these status means the webpage is not found or does not exist. Once crawled, these websites will be removed Google\u2019s index.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Password Protection<\/b>: Hiding a page behind password-protected login page will automatically remove the URL from Google\u2019s index.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Disallow in Robots.Txt<\/b>: This is, however, the least effective method. You block a page from being crawled but Google can still index your webpage based on the links on other websites without actually seeing the content.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Search Console Remove URL tool:<\/b> This tool helps you quickly disable a URL from search engine results.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Final Thoughts<\/b><\/h2>\n

    Though Google has cancelled support for Robots.Txt Noindex, they have given us alternate options to do the work. <\/span><\/p>\n

    It is always good to try a few options before making it permanent for a long time.\u00a0<\/span>However, if you\u2019re new to digital marketing and confused as to how to do it – contact SEO Services India, one of the best SEO company in India.<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

    Their expert team can help you achieve your marketing goal and generate better ROI.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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