How to Prevent Indexing While Setting Up a WordPress Blog
Search engines can sometimes index new websites very quickly. Occasionally, this can happen before the website is ready to be viewed by the public. Because search engines can be slow to update pages once they have been indexed, it may be in your best interest to prevent the search engines from indexing your new WordPress website until the site is ready to begin receiving visitors. WordPress includes a built-in function to make this possible.
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Instructions
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Click "Settings" in the bottom left corner of the WordPress dashboard to expand this section of the menu.
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Click the "Privacy" link.
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Click the "I would like to block search engines, but allow normal visitors" radio button at the top of the page.
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Click "Save Changes."
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