What is the correct way to keep a page out of Google's index?
- A Block it in robots.txt
- B Use a noindex meta tag and leave the page crawlable
- C Remove all internal links to it
- D Set a canonical tag to another page
Answer
Use a noindex meta tag and leave the page crawlable
Google must be able to crawl the page to see the noindex directive. Blocking it in robots.txt prevents that, which is the classic mistake.





