{"product_id":"noindex-and-disallow-specific-pages-launch","title":"Noindex and Disallow Specific Pages","description":"\u003cp class=\"task-lead\"\u003eA retailer wanted certain products excluded from the sitemap and search engines while keeping them findable in the store's own search.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe request\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExclude specific products from the sitemap and from Google, but keep them working in our internal site search. Customers who know what they want should still find them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccite\u003eOriginal customer request, anonymized\u003c\/cite\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscretion for search engines, discoverability for customers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe approach\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe tagged the products to exclude and set them to no-index and out of the sitemap, while leaving the store's internal search untouched so they remain findable on-site.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat we shipped\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTagged products excluded from the sitemap\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo-index applied to tagged products\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInternal search unaffected\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVerified in Search Console\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"TaskHusky Portfolio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44155695267914,"sku":"TASK-0300","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.taskhusky.com\/products\/noindex-and-disallow-specific-pages-launch","provider":"TaskHusky","version":"1.0","type":"link"}