What does this code mean??? on my wordpress blog

<meta name='robots' content='noindex,nofollow' />

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wut does that all mean???

and how come no where in source code of my index page there no meta descriptions or keywords, i thought sites supposes to have that for seo, wordpress dont add it automatically for you???

 

That code tells search engines to not index your site or follow links on the page.

WordPress does not come out of the box with meta tags built into it. Download a plugin like Platinum SEO Pack for that purpose.

 

why wouldnt i want search engines to index my page!?!?!?! why would wordpress make that the default code!?!?!? so do i just take out the "no"..y would wordpress do this?

 

You can specify what you want to do in the options of the Platinum SEO Pack plugin.

 

There are pages IMO like your about page or some other informative pages that you might not want to be indexed with your sight, especially if you link to them from your homepage. Use the Robots Meta plugin to get easy control over each post or page you create.

 

Just change it to

<meta name="robots" content="follow, all" />

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y cant i just change it to:

<meta name='robots' content='index,follow' />

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???

 

yes, that is the correct way to code that meta tag

 

wut if i just take out that whole "<meta name..." tag line outta my source code??

 

That'll work too for most search engines. Your theme is doing that, or maybe a plugin. Search header.php for it.

 

haha, i was lookin at the settings of my blog and under privacy>blog visibility it was checked as "I would like to block search engines, but allow normal visitors"

i have now checked it to: "I would like my blog to be visible to everyone, including search engines (like Google, Sphere, Technorati) and archivers"

and now the line of code is gone from my source code...

 

That's what I guessed...