There are several other options build into the SEF patch, which you can use to guide the search engines and tell them what to do with your pages.
In the previous chapter, you also read about the robots.txt
file. With this patch you get control over spiders and indexing on the page level.
The Robots meta tag is there to guide the Search Engine Robots to navigate through your site, telling them they should index the pages.
In the standard Joomla! Robots meta tag you have to write the terms yourself. However, with the patch you can use the drop-down box, which should make it easier for you to quickly change the settings.
If you don't specify that you want to use this field, it is not shown and the robots will use their default, which is index, follow.
So your pages will be indexed and the links on the page will be followed.
For pages such as privacy statements, disclaimers, and site rules you can use the...