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Blocking an important page with robots.txt may keep it in the results if it's the most relevant page (e.g., homepage). With noindex, it disappears entirely. For less important pages, robots.txt and noindex have similar effects since Google has other content to display.
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TL;DR
Blocking via robots.txt can keep a page in the index. Using noindex completely removes it. For critical pages, the choice is strategic.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Puis-je utiliser noindex et robots.txt ensemble ?
Non recommandé. Ils ont des effets différents : noindex retire de l'index, robots.txt empêche le crawl.
Une page bloquée par robots.txt peut-elle être indexée ?
Oui, si elle est perçue comme hautement pertinente.
Quelle méthode choisir pour une page temporaire ?
Utilisez noindex car il garantit la suppression totale de l'index.
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