Hello Azrayl,

I understand that you would like to block your web application from being 
indexed by Google and you are using a subdomain of a custom domain.

I was able to find some information indicating several techniques here[1 
<https://linkgraph.io/noindex-nofollow-and-disallow-search-crawler-directives/>
][2 
<https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/crawling/block-indexing#:~:text=You%20can%20prevent%20a%20page,header%20in%20the%20HTTP%20request>]
 
but please note that blocking indexing is not related to Google App Engine, 
rather Search Engine Optimization. Google App Engine is just where 
applications live.

>From the first link we see advice that you may add a noindex meta tag to 
the page’s HTML code.

You may additionally return a noindex header in the HTTP request. They go 
on to say that when the Googlebot sees the tag or header, it will ignore 
that page and not place it in Google Search results.

I’ve found webmaster forums 
<https://support.google.com/webmasters/search?q=seo&from_promoted_search=true> 
that you may use for further questions. I invite you to tell them what 
you’ve tried to stop indexing your application. Maybe you were initially on 
the proper track. As this Google Group is meant for App Engine, perhaps 
those forums would be better suited.

I hope this helps.


On Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 11:07:02 AM UTC-5 Azrayl wrote:

> I've been building out a new server side tagging setup and trying to test 
> it out, but I set it up with a custom domain (subdomain of my main domain). 
> Unfortunately Google is indexing this custom domain and I don't want it too 
> but none of the documentation I can find indicates how to do this cause 
> it's not a 'real' app.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"Google App Engine" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email 
to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit 
https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-appengine/88f247ac-c079-47dd-968a-69c34c147d2bn%40googlegroups.com.
  • [google-appengine... Azrayl
    • [google-appe... 'Elliott (Cloud Platform Support)' via Google App Engine

Reply via email to