Set html website to no-index

[Annie]

Hi,
I usually work with WordPress and know little about HTML so far.

I do have an old HTML website, that I uploaded to a staging site on my hosting server here:
https://u114019p110086.web0138.zxcs-klant.nl/html/

I just need it there for a while, for testing purposes, and I do not want this to appear in search results.

In the index HTML, I found:

<meta name="REVISIT-AFTER" content="31 DAYS" />
<meta name="ROBOTS" content="ALL" />

I removed those two and replaced it by:

<meta name="robots" content="noindex, follow">

Is this the correct way to prevent this complete HTML site in test folder to NOT appear in search results, please?

Thanks!
Annie

 

[bretbernhoft]

Hi,
I usually work with WordPress and know little about HTML so far.

I do have an old HTML website, that I uploaded to a staging site on my hosting server here:
https://u114019p110086.web0138.zxcs-klant.nl/html/

I just need it there for a while, for testing purposes, and I do not want this to appear in search results.

In the index HTML, I found:

<meta name="REVISIT-AFTER" content="31 DAYS" />
<meta name="ROBOTS" content="ALL" />

I removed those two and replaced it by:

<meta name="robots" content="noindex, follow">

Is this the correct way to prevent this complete HTML site in test folder to NOT appear in search results, please?

Thanks!
Annie

I believe what you're looking for is this:

<meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow">

Here is a resource to help explain what I'm referring to.

 

[Annie]

Hi bretbernhoft,

Thanks for the useful information.
Sorry I responded late, I did not seem to have received an email notification.

 

[linotek]

To set a website to "no-index," you can add the following meta tag in the head of the HTML document:

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<meta name="robots" content="noindex">

This tag informs search engines not to index the page. Note that this tag may not take effect immediately and may take a few days or weeks to take effect.

 

[Annie]

Hi linotek,

Thanks!