# Block crawlers from embedded topics only?

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**Created:** [June 19, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/block-crawlers-from-embedded-topics-only/268916 "2023-06-19T15:34:53Z")\
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> [@haydenjames](#):
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> depends on your definition of duplicate

My definition, or yours, is meaningless. Only definition of Google is important. And then there is no duplicates.

There is a chance too where Google values your forum higher than wordpress. Then the solution in not trying block indexing, but fix that origin.

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