idea Opt out of web search indexing in ArcGIS Hub Ideas

Opt out of web search indexing

ChelseaRozek — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:23:58 GMT

Like StoryMaps allows you to, it would be nice if you could opt your hub site out of web search indexing so that google doesn't display it as a result. we would prefer users to find our site through the site it's embedded in for more context.

Re: Opt out of web search indexing

AndrewTurner — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:24:29 GMT

Thank you for this suggestion. You can do this now in Hub through a different method using Meta tags.

In the Site layout editor, in the sidebar for 'Settings', click on 'Meta Tags'.
Then add this tag

Save and publish the layout. When search engines crawl the page, this tag will be added to the HTML and the site will be blocked from the indexers.

You can see an example like on our Team's hub site https://dc.esri.com

Re: Opt out of web search indexing

ChelseaRozek — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:44:09 GMT

@AndrewTurner wonderful! thank you for the clear explanation. I'll give it a try