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    • nicole.healthline
      nicole.healthline last edited by

      If search results were not originally blocked with robots.txt, and need to be de-indexed, is it better to use noindex, nofollow or noindex, follow?

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      • AlanBleiweiss
        AlanBleiweiss last edited by

        Each situation is unique so there's no one answer.  Here's a great article by Lindsay on options.

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