Using the noindex meta tag
How and why you would want to use the noindex meta tag to stop Search Engines from indexing and listing your webpages. For more free video tutorials by Jaron Fraser, go to http://www.problogtips.com
This video clip marks my return to posting video tutorials and articles on this Blog.
Using the “noindex, nofollow” meta tags is very important if you produce digital download products that are for sale off your websites.
These days its very easy for anyone to find your download page and steal your product without payng for it. So why not make it hard for them right from the beginning.
In conjunction with the “meta tags” you need to also pay attention to the name you give your download page. Do not call it…
- download.html
- download_page.html
- download-page.html
- product.html
- product_download_page.html
I think by looking at the names in the list, you will get the idea… dont make it easy for them.
Treat your download page name just like a password, use lots of letters and numbers, like say…
- hgyrteu7569jj65758jjdte76.html
If your still not sure about what I’m talking about… go to Google and type in download_page. You will end up with thousands of links to Products, some for free and a lot that are for sale… except now you can download them for free.
This product theft problem is one of the reasons why I was so interested in using video on my websites in the first place, because it allows me to “BRAND” my digital download products with video of myself in the tutorials. That makes the tutorials difficult for content thiefs to use.
Cheers : Jaron Fraser