How to set noindex for Google only?

Question

These days Google has this tag I can use to tell it not to index a page

<meta name="googlebot" content="noindex">

My question is do I need both the generic index and the Google noindex tags and does the order matter?

Suppose I want everyone else to index the page but Google, will setting both tags work:

<meta name="robots" content="index"/>
<meta name="googlebot" content="noindex">

Any ideas?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 09 '18 at 10:17

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absolutely correct: Google's own documentation is referencing an exactly this possibility.

answered Nov 09 '18 at 10:17

Evgeniy

So the order doesn't matter and both tags can be used at the same time? – Patrioticcow Nov 09 '18 at 15:56
These are different tags - yes, usable in any order – Evgeniy Nov 09 '18 at 16:06

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