it is a fact that search engines, bots can index topics in a category on discourse. How to block Google, bing, yandex, … from indexing topics of a category? We look forward to Discourse experts’ support.

You can change the category permission to TL0 so only logged in users will see it and also will block bots. [image] Configuring Discourse for a closed or private community Setting up private categories You can also make specific categories private: Visit the category page Click the edit button…

If that Don suggested works use it. It is the only 100% sure way. But if that forum must be open for random visitors you can’t use TL0. Sure you can use User-agent: * Disallow: / or similar meta, but sometimes those are respected and sometimes not. If somebody shares a link using gmail Google will i…

Besoin de trouver une solution pour bloquer l'indexation des topics d'une catégorie

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Don Novembre 27, 2024, 5:54 2

Vous pouvez changer la permission de la catégorie en TL0 afin que seuls les utilisateurs connectés la voient et cela bloquera également les bots.

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Besoin de trouver une solution pour bloquer l'indexation des topics d'une catégorie

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