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    Why is a page with a noindex code being indexed?

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    • theLotter
      theLotter last edited by

      I was looking through the pages indexed by Google (with site:www.mywebsite.com) and one of the results was a page with "noindex, follow" in the code that seems to be a page generated by blog searches.

      Any ideas why it seems to be indexed or how to de-index it?

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      • RanjeetP
        RanjeetP last edited by

        Sara, this post will help you get the solution.

        http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=164734

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