How this tool works
A robots meta tag controls eligible crawling/indexing behaviour for a fetched page; it does not remove a URL that a crawler cannot access. Use noindex carefully and verify the published source.
Privacy and editorial review
This tool runs in your browser and does not require an account. GrowthSparx reviews its logic and explanatory content, but you should verify outputs before production use.
Frequently asked questions
What does noindex do?
It asks compliant search engines not to include the page in search results after they crawl it.
Does robots.txt noindex a page?
Robots.txt controls crawling and may prevent a crawler from seeing a page-level noindex directive.
Should normal pages use index,follow?
It is usually the default, though an explicit tag can document the intended setting.