Meta tag "noindex" on public status page
It seems that Google has indexed my public status page, in all available languages. This isn't really necessary; it would be useful if there was some way for me to turn on a "noindex" meta tag, preventing search engines from indexing it.
The new Protected status page visiblity give a more secure access with "noindex" by default and a non-guessable access_key:
https://headwayapp.co/updown-release-notes/protected-status-pages-259778
The Private status page visiblity can also help of course if no foreign access is required (for logged in user only).
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Yep, some of this will likely be added. Feel free to also upvote https://updown.uservoice.com/forums/177972/suggestions/33404443 and/or https://updown.uservoice.com/forums/177972/suggestions/39625915 for other options depending on what would be best for you.
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Martijn commented
I also have the desire to have a bit more control on who sees this page. I believe the feature is intended to display one or several checks to a certain audience, which is great, but that audience might not approve of having it publically known. For example, a client that has 10 websites might not want to display a list of them all. Or, in our case as an internet provider we would like to list 100+ checks for our own organisation but that would also expose all our sites which is a potential security risk. A password, IP-allowlist or at least a noindex might give us a bit more control in who is able to see the list of checks.
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Yes, thanks for the suggestion. I also think it may be interesting to only allow public status pages with custom domain (ex status.mywebsite.com) to be indexed and not the URLs on our domain (ex updown.io/ngg8). This way it keeps the client's website hostname visible and doesn't allow to list public pages in search. I'm not saying this a replacement for "hidden" status pages, more like an improvement for this initial suggestion. What do you think?
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Arnaud Lapiere commented
I think the usecase behind this is more https://updown.uservoice.com/forums/177972-general/suggestions/39625915-new-hidden-status-between-private-and-public.
(as the public status page can be indexed indeed, as a feature)