{"id":1636,"date":"2012-08-01T14:48:45","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T14:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/08\/01\/robots-index-follow\/"},"modified":"2021-11-19T02:01:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T07:01:12","slug":"robots-index-follow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/robots-index-follow\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting Index and Follow settings in Joomla 3.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/edu_joomla-3_global-configuration_joomla-3-robots-settings.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"749\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/edu_joomla-3_global-configuration_joomla-3-robots-settings.gif\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"joomla-3-robots-settings\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>The next <a href=\"\/support\/\">Joomla 3.0 Metadata setting<\/a> we will look at is the Robots setting.<\/p>\n<p>This setting will allow you to set the meta robots tag, which controls how search engines will crawl and index each of your pages.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example meta robots tag:<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"code_block\">&lt;meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/&gt;<\/pre>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>To change your Robots settings in Joomla 3.0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/how-to-log-in-to-administrative-dashboard\/\">Log into the Joomla 3.0 admin dashboard<\/a><\/li>\n<li>In the left menu, click the <strong>Global Configuration<\/strong> link<\/li>\n<li>Under the <strong>Site<\/strong> tab, find the <strong>Robots<\/strong> setting (refer to the screenshot at the top of this page)\n<p><strong>The following settings are available:<\/strong> <\/p>\n<table class=\"article_table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Option<\/th>\n<th>Resulting meta tag<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Index, Follow<\/td>\n<td><em>No robots meta tag is added.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>No index, follow<\/td>\n<td>\n<pre class=\"code_block\">&lt;meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/&gt;<\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Index, No follow<\/td>\n<td>\n<pre class=\"code_block\">&lt;meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, nofollow\" \/&gt;<\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>No index, no follow<\/td>\n<td>\n<pre class=\"code_block\">&lt;meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, nofollow\" \/&gt;<\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>What does each setting mean?<\/strong> <\/p>\n<table class=\"article_table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Value<\/th>\n<th>Result<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>index<\/td>\n<td>Tells a search engine whether or not you want them to index the contents of this page.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>follow<\/td>\n<td>Tells a search engine whether or not you want them to follow and crawl the links on this page.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>After making your desired change, click the <strong>Save<\/strong> button at the top left of the page.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next Joomla 3.0 Metadata setting we will look at is the Robots setting. 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