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Jun 2022
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How can you block content from Google Se...

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In this episode of Search Off the Record, we take a look at what it takes to block content from Google Search. Lizzi Sassman, Gary Illyes, and John Mueller chat about the role of robots.txt files and robots meta tags. What roles do they play in crawling and indexing? What other practices can you employ to remove unwanted content from Google Search? Listen to this podcast to discover some useful Search tips and tricks when it comes to barring content. 

Episode transcript → https://goo.gle/sotr041-Transcript

Search Off the Record is a podcast series that takes you behind the scenes of Google Search with the Search Relations team.

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