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My favorite for yesterday came from Barry Scwartz: https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-quality-lead-april-fools-20084.html I was crying out loud while reading this.

The files aren't duplicate. I am familiar with using the XRobots tag. I was really just curious if my theory would work. Thanks for all your input.

You can define what sites results are returned. Which is why I said I would be great for domains with sub-domains. Its been awhile but I think you have to upgrade to paid to turn off Google ads from showing up. There was some reason besides the "Custom Look" which moved us to paying for it. It is super easy to install, you can make a blank page on your site and use the free version and see how you like it. We did this before going to paid. Hope that helps Monica, Don

They are different things for used for different reasons. By using the robots to block any page behind a log in you will not have to worry about them trying to access that information at all. You should also have canonical tags pointing to themselves on all pages especially product pages and landing pages.

Thanks. I figured as much. I was just recently asked if I could track some of the domain authority changes and I for some reason didn't start exporting my dashboards until October. Thanks for answering!

It was an error in the product URL field in the global settings. I believe they are in maintenance. We moved to big commerce a little while ago so I can't go back to the Volusion store. I know it was in the global settings field, I just don't remember how to get there.