Meta Robots Tag Generator
Generate the meta robots tag that controls whether a specific page is indexed and its links followed.
Per-page control over indexing
Where robots.txt manages crawling for the whole site, the meta robots tag controls a single page from within its head — telling search engines whether to index it and whether to follow its links. It is the correct way to keep a page out of search results: noindex genuinely removes it, in a way blocking it in robots.txt does not. This generates the exact tag for the behaviour you want.
Choose the directives and the meta robots tag is produced for the page's head.
Getting index and follow right
The two axes are indexing and link-following, and the combinations matter. Noindex, follow keeps a page out of results while still letting its links pass value through — right for thin pages you want crawled but not listed. Noindex, nofollow removes it and ignores its links. A crucial gotcha: for a noindex tag to work, the page must be crawlable, so do not also block it in robots.txt, or the crawler never sees the tag telling it to drop the page.
Questions & answers
What is the difference from robots.txt?
Robots.txt controls crawling across the site; the meta robots tag controls indexing and link-following for one page from its head.
How do I actually keep a page out of Google?
Use a noindex meta robots tag, and make sure the page is not also blocked in robots.txt, or the crawler never sees the tag.
Is anything uploaded?
No. The tag is generated in your browser.