Feature suggestion: noindex

[ghost]

Some users might not want their blogs indexed by search engines. We could have a boolean for every user's blog, and check if they have indexing turned off. If they do, put <meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow"> into the <head/> of their blog's HTML.

[sirodoht]

Hi @sbstnlol!

Hmm yeah, interesting feature. Why do you think one would not want to have a public blog indexed?

I generally like this approach of further allowing people to control what they show to whom but I'm a bit reluctant to add more options for blog authors. The point of this platform is to just write, not think about how people read your writings.

It's also worth saying that mataroa as a platform is mindful about search engines. If one does not share their blog url elsewhere, the platform does not leak it through any discovery mechanisms. The only way it is leaked is if someone guesses someone else's blog subdomain.

[ghost]

Because sometimes people say stupid stuff that they regret. Even though others can screenshot and share things, having your posts be indexed by a search engine may not be desirable.

I know personally, whenever I've had the option, I always either use a meta tag or robots.txt to prevent my sites from being indexed.