Can we hide pages from search engines?

[Stephanieo2940]

Hello,

I was just wondering if APWT gives the option to hide a page from search engines, in the event that we don't want it to be discoverable at the time of its creation. Weebly has that option, so I know the functionality is possible, but if APWT has an option for that, I'm having trouble finding it.

Thanks!

[Dave]

Yes, to do this you will add the URL to your robots.txt file. You can access this from the main menu by choosing "settings"->"administrator". You will see a files list on the left, scroll until you see robots.txt. Click on this file and then add the entry there.

For more information on robots.txt see this link: https://developers.google.com/search/do ... robots-txt

Each search engine also provides a method for excluding pages from search. For Google, you will access this from your Google Search Console as explained here: https://search.google.com/search-console/about

[Stephanieo2940]

Thank you very much, Dave.