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Not All Search Engines Respect NoIndex Meta Tags 
By: Andy Beal 2006-08-31 If you think those embarrassing photos of you at the office Christmas party - that you uploaded to that page on your site that you're sure no one knows about - are safe... ...because you added a "noindex" meta tag? You might want to think again. Matt Cutts conducted a brief, non-scientific experiment to see how each search engine handles the command. Here's what he found... So based on a sample size of one page, it looks like search engines handle the noindex meta tag: - Google doesnt show the page in any way - Ask doesnt show the page in any way - MSN shows a url reference and Cached link, but no snippet. Clicking the cached link doesnt return anything. - Yahoo! shows a url reference and Cached link, but no snippet. Clicking on the cached link returns the cached page. About the Author: Andy Beal is an internet marketing consultant and considered one of the world's most respected and interactive search engine marketing experts. Andy has worked with many Fortune 1000 companies such as Motorola, CitiFinancial, Lowes, Alaska Air, DeWALT, NBC and Experian. You can read his internet marketing blog at Marketing Pilgrim and reach him at andy.beal@gmail.com. |
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