Meta Robots Tag Generator

D Directives

noindex High Impact

Prevents the page from appearing in search results entirely.

nofollow Medium

Tells crawlers not to follow any links on this page.

noarchive Low

Prevents search engines from showing a cached copy of the page.

nosnippet Medium

Prevents text snippets and video previews in search results.

noimageindex Low

Prevents images on this page from being indexed by Google Images.

notranslate Low

Prevents Google from offering a translated version of this page.

max-snippet Medium

Sets maximum text snippet length (in characters). Use -1 for no limit.

Characters:

max-image-preview Medium

Sets maximum image preview size in search results.

Size:

max-video-preview Low

Sets maximum video snippet duration in seconds. Use -1 for no limit.

Seconds:

unavailable_after High Impact

Removes the page from search results after the specified date.

Date:

G Generated Tag

Target User-Agent

! When to Use Each Directive

noindex: Removing pages from search

Use on internal search results, staging pages, thin content, thank-you pages, and login pages. Combining noindex with nofollow is common for pages with zero SEO value. Important: noindex in robots meta is more reliable than Disallow in robots.txt for keeping pages out of the index.

nofollow: Controlling link equity flow

Rarely needed at page level. Use on UGC-heavy pages (forums, comment sections) where you cannot control outbound links. For individual links, use rel="nofollow" or rel="ugc" on the anchor tag instead.

max-snippet: Controlling SERP appearance

Setting max-snippet:0 removes text snippets entirely. Setting max-snippet:160 caps snippet length. This also affects AI Overviews and featured snippets. Use -1 (default) to let Google decide. Restricting snippets may reduce CTR from search results.

max-image-preview: Image display in search

Setting to "none" prevents image thumbnails in search results. "standard" allows small thumbnails. "large" enables full-size images and is required for Google Discover eligibility. Most sites should use "large" for maximum visibility.

unavailable_after: Time-limited content

Perfect for event pages, limited-time offers, or seasonal content. The page is automatically removed from the index after the specified date. More elegant than manually adding noindex after an event ends.

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