Comment on Google is no longer asking — feed the AI or you’re not in search results
Snowcano@startrek.website 2 months ago
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.
ColinHayhurst@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Put 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: /
Snowcano@startrek.website 2 months ago
You rock, thank you!
jamyang@lemmy.world 2 months ago
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)?
ColinHayhurst@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yes.