What is measured
The audit reads both the robots meta tag and the X-Robots-Tag response header. A directive at either layer counts as an indexing block.
Technical access and indexing
Indexing permission
This check finds noindex and none directives that prevent a page from entering a search index.
Pass criterion
A public search landing page has no noindex directive, while utility and personalised URLs are intentionally excluded.
What to fix
Remove noindex from canonical pages after launch review; keep token reports, admin pages and technical responses closed.
Automation limit
The absence of noindex permits indexing but does not guarantee it; search engines still evaluate access, canonicalisation and quality.
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