Official statement
For private content, Google recommends using password protection. It is easy to verify that it is working, and it prevents anyone from accessing the content.
Other statements from this video 6 ▾
- □ How can you conceal your site from Google search results while keeping it accessible?
- □ Is using a password the most effective way to safeguard private content?
- □ Can you really rely on the robots.txt file to stop search engines from crawling your site?
- □ Is it true that robots.txt doesn't guarantee your URLs won't be indexed?
- □ How does the noindex tag influence your SEO indexing strategy?
- □ When is it a good idea to block crawling or indexing for your SEO optimization?
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TL;DR
Google advises using password protection for private content to ensure its confidentiality. It is a reliable method to prevent unauthorized access.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
La protection par mot de passe est-elle infaillible pour le SEO ?
Elle est efficace pour empêcher l'indexation, à condition qu'il n'y ait pas de failles dans sa mise en œuvre.
Les pages protégées par mot de passe doivent-elles être exclues du sitemap ?
Oui, elles ne devraient pas figurer dans le sitemap pour éviter toute tentative d'indexation.
Faut-il utiliser robots.txt pour bloquer les crawlers ?
Absolument, c'est une mesure supplémentaire pour empêcher l'accès des crawlers aux pages protégées.
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