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Meta Robots Tag Generator

The robots meta tag controls how search engines index a page and display its snippets — and a typo can deindex a page or shrink every snippet. This generator composes the directive list from checkboxes: indexing, link following, caching, and Google's snippet/image-preview controls.

noindex — exclude from search resultsnofollow — don't follow links on the pagenoarchive — no cached copynosnippet — no text snippetnoimageindex — don't index imagesmax-snippet:-1 — allow full-length snippetsmax-image-preview:large — allow large image previews

Generated output

<meta name="robots" content="index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large" />

Defaults produce the recommended tag for indexable content: index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large — which maximizes your SERP real estate including Discover eligibility.

How to Use the Meta Robots Tag Generator

1Tick the directives you need (noindex, nofollow, etc.).
2Keep max-snippet and large image preview on for indexable pages.
3Copy the generated meta tag into the page <head>.
4Verify with the URL Inspection tool in Search Console.

Frequently Asked Questions

When should I use noindex?

On thin utility pages: internal search results, filtered duplicates, thank-you pages, staging content. Never on pages you want traffic from — and remember noindexed pages eventually stop passing link signals.

What does max-image-preview:large do?

It allows Google to show full-size image previews for your page — required for the big-image treatment in Google Discover, which can drive significant traffic.

Is the robots meta tag the same as robots.txt?

No. robots.txt controls crawling (access); the meta tag controls indexing and snippet display. A page blocked in robots.txt can still be indexed from links — use noindex when exclusion matters.

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