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How to keep /search out of Google while still using SearchAction

How to keep /search out of Google while still using SearchAction
  1. Leave search robots as noindex, follow.
  2. Keep the GET form name=q.
  3. WebSite JSON-LD already points at /search?q={search_term_string}.
  4. Do not sitemap result pages.
  5. Do not canonicalize search to the homepage.

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Campus note: we added the course entity after step 2. Worked.

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Bookmarking. The 'do not delete permalinks' line needs to be in onboarding too.

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We followed it on a Friday deploy. HowTo steps showed up in View Source.

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Printed this for volunteer mods. Step 3 is the one people skip.

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Thanks — leaving this up for the next team that searches the same string.

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How to keep /search out of Google while still using SearchAction

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  1. Leave search robots as noindex, follow.
  2. Keep the GET form name=q.
  3. WebSite JSON-LD already points at /search?q={search_term_string}.
  4. Do not sitemap result pages.
  5. Do not canonicalize search to the homepage.
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Priya Nair
Member

@priya_data

Campus note: we added the course entity after step 2. Worked.

Elena Rostova
ModMember

@elena_support

Bookmarking. The 'do not delete permalinks' line needs to be in onboarding too.

Leo Mensah
Member

@leo_ops

We followed it on a Friday deploy. HowTo steps showed up in View Source.

Nia Okonkwo
Member

@nia_campus

Printed this for volunteer mods. Step 3 is the one people skip.

Priya Nair
Member

@priya_data

Thanks — leaving this up for the next team that searches the same string.

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