META NAME="ROBOTS" - syntax question/google index problem

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Angelo125
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META NAME="ROBOTS" - syntax question/google index problem

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Hi,

I'm having a problem that google has indexed unwanted pages. They all show-up as [pdf] in a google search. I'm wondering where this is coming from. Is this generated by google or are these coming from my site by having the option Printer Friendly Pages enabled?

I thought that if the option is enabled the pdf-template metatag would prevent google from indexing.

In CMSMS under Printer Friendly Pages, tab PDF-template the following is defined;

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<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX></META>
Is that correct?

Or did I have to include;

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<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX">
Thx for ur help
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Re: META NAME="ROBOTS" - syntax question/google index problem

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If it is in the PDF template is should be...





Something along those lines, this link may give more info, and you should always use lower case and close it as I did above with a space then />...

http://www.robotstxt.org/meta.html
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