I need to ensure my page is hidden from search engines
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I need to make sure that my blog can be kept hidden from all search engines and the only connection be through a link we have on our home page. Is this possible ?
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Your site visibility options are found here Dashboard > Settings > Reading
http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/see also:
post visibility http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/post-visibility/
page visibility http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/page-visibility/ -
Hi,
From your dashboard, go to Settings -> Reading. Under Site Visibilty, you have the option to check “allow/discourage search engines from indexing this site.”
Don’t forget to scroll all of the way down to the bottom of the page and hit the Save button to enact the change. Hope this helped!
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@jeffnar23
I posted the relevant support doc links above 6 minutes before you posted. Can you not see my response above? -
@timethief
There were zero responses when I began to write my response and it took a little while for me to post. I’ll remember to refresh the thread next time before I answer something. It wasn’t a case of me ignoring your response at all. -
@jeffnar23
Hi there,
Aha! I was concerned that my comment above could have been unreadable as that’s what happens when comments end up in the spam filter. That’s why I asked the question.P.S. I have answered questions here for over 8 years along with raincoaster and that’s longer than almost every support staff member has been on staff. and I assume your recent forum activity is an indication your are a Staff wannbe or intend to make a presentation at an upcoming WordCamp. Welcome. :)
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Cool beans. No, your answer was totally readable. As I said, I just shoulda hit refresh before I posted. My response took 5 minutes b’cuz I wanted to log into my site and see if I could write down my steps instead of referencing a link.
And yes, I appreciate your work here; I’ve already referenced a link and name-checked you in one of my responses this morning. I’ve been lurking on the .org forums for a couple years, but yes am new to the wp.com ecosystem even though I’ve referred a lot of friends to start sites here who didn’t want to host.
Thanks for the welcome and I’ll remember to peruse yours and rainmakers’ responses to get the hang of things. ;-)
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@jeffnar23
Hi again,
raincoaster and I are not the only regular Volunteers of longstanding who know we are about. We have a great crew here (justjennifer, auxclass, 1 Tess, kokkieh, etc.) Using the forum tag search will be helpful.
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