Indexing WP pages - which plugin to use?

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Hey there everybody,

I'm about to set up a WP blog on which I have special static pages that I'd like not to be indexed.

I googled quite far actually and I seem to understood that "Robots meta" is the plugin I'm searching - that is to say "index this, leave this out, follow there, don't follow this".

Am I right? Does this plugin leave out specific static pages I tell him to bypass? Are there other plugins that do this work?

Advices are welcome!

Gabriele
#search engine optimization #indexing #pages #plugin
  • Hi Gabriele,

    When you say "static pages", what do you mean exactly? Are these WP pages or HTML ones? Any particular reason for those pages NOT to be indexed? Cause if you want them away from public eyes, you can always create a subdomain with same theme and block SE's across it.

    Just an idea, but I'll wait for your explanations to understand what could work better for you.
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    • Hi Fernando!

      Well I'm talking about Wordpress, so they're not HTML. And I mean pages vs posts.

      Well, think about thank you pages wih gifts!
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  • use cbnet ping optimizer, ping a nice list of rpc ping servers at intervals of 30 minutes..

    Hope it helps
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  • That plugin should do the trick, to help you add a noindex tag to specific pages - I think it would be the easiest option.
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    • I agree that a subdomain with a fresh install of WP would do the trick. You can check the privacy on that whole install so search engines do not index that whole subdomain. I have a personal blog with pictures of my kids on it that I set up this way.
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    Gabriele

    Take a look at the WordPress › WP Hide Post « WordPress Plugins -(yes I know it says hide posts!!) but it does hide pages from menus, search engines etc - and from what I understand you need (to hide thank you pages etc) it is the ideal solution.

    HTH

    ** Edit - see my post #19 **
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    • Uh-oh! My goodness!! Awesome link! Thank you so much!!
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  • The All in One SEO Pack plugin, like many other SEO plugins (some, already mentioned), will allow you to prevent posts/pages from being indexed on a post-by-post/page-by-page basis.

    Or you could manually exclude those pages in your robots.txt file.
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