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I want 2ndary pages to help the index page, but not list on search engines

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Feb 10.2006

Hi,

For robots to disregard a site, I know this is what I need:
[B]<meta name=”robots” content=”noindex,nofollow”>[/B]

But, I want secondary pages of a website to help with their meta info, keywords, descriptions, title, <h1>, etc. However, I don’t want them to be listed on the search; I only want the [B]INDEX[/B], main page listed.

So, is this what I need:
[B]<meta name=”robots” content=”noindex”>[/B]
or
[B]<meta name=”robots” content=”nofollow”>[/B]

Thanks

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@jamesx521authorFeb 11.2006 — I found it myself:

http://www.robotstxt.org/wc/meta-user.html

The content of the Robots META tag contains directives separated by commas. The currently defined directives are [NO]INDEX and [NO]FOLLOW. The INDEX directive specifies if an indexing robot should index the page. The FOLLOW directive specifies if a robot is to follow links on the page. The defaults are INDEX and FOLLOW. The values ALL and NONE set all directives on or off: ALL=INDEX,FOLLOW and NONE=NOINDEX,NOFOLLOW.

Some examples:

<meta name="robots" content="index,follow">

<meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow">

<meta name="robots" content="index,nofollow">

<meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow">
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@jamesx521authorFeb 11.2006 — If to "index" means to list, then what i need is NOT LISTING, but FOLLOWING (for pages other than the index).

That means, what I need is:

<meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow">
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