Optional to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agoGoogle is no longer asking — feed the AI or you’re not in search resultspivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1541arrow-down110file-textcross-posted to: techtakes@awful.systems
arrow-up1531arrow-down1external-linkGoogle is no longer asking — feed the AI or you’re not in search resultspivot-to-ai.comOptional to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square102fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: techtakes@awful.systems
minus-square@Snowcano@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglish21•1 month agoSo how do I actually opt out? My website is just some personal hobby stuff on wordpress that only friends and family look at, I don’t need seo.
minus-square@ColinHayhurst@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish29•edit-229 days agoYou should put these entries into your robots.txt file. To block the Google search crawler use for all of your site: User-agent: Googlebot Disallow: / To block the Google AI crawler use: User-agent: Google-Advanced Disallow: /
minus-squareJamyanglinkfedilinkEnglish2•29 days agoWhat if I made a static site using Github pages hosting? Will having a robots.txt in my root folder ward off Google bhoots (devils)?
So how do I actually opt out? My website is just some personal hobby stuff on wordpress that only friends and family look at, I don’t need seo.
You should put these entries into your robots.txt file.
To block the Google search crawler use for all of your site:
User-agent: Googlebot
Disallow: /
To block the Google AI crawler use:
User-agent: Google-Advanced
Disallow: /
You rock, thank you!
What if I made a static site using Github pages hosting? Will having a robots.txt in my root folder ward off Google bhoots (devils)?
Yes.