ht://Dig: The Open Source Search Engine (htdig-noindex)

Mar 22, 2007 - 7:07 am 0 — by

A webmaster posted a question at both Search Engine Roundtable Forums Search Engine Watch Forums asking what is the htdig-noindex meta tag do.

Both threads point to http://www.htdig.org/, which is an open source search engine. This open search search engine, named ht://Dig supports a noindex meta tag "htdig-noindex." So if you want to block this search engine from indexing you, just add:

<meta name="htdig-noindex">

The search engine recognizes and supports the following meta tags:

  • htdig-keywords
  • htdig-noindex
  • htdig-email
  • htdig-notification-date
  • htdig-email-subject
  • robots
  • keywords
  • description

Forum discussion at Search Engine Roundtable Forums Search Engine Watch Forums.

 

Popular Categories

The Pulse of the search community

Google Search Volatility

More Details

Search Video Recaps

 
Video Details More Videos Subscribe to Videos

Most Recent Articles

Google Ads

Google Ads Performance Max Page Feeds Updated

Nov 11, 2026 - 7:11 am
Google Ads

Google Ads Brand Lists Global Brand Library

Nov 11, 2026 - 7:05 am
Legal Search Issues

Google Loses Another Round in Legal Battle Against SerpApi Over Scraping

Nov 10, 2026 - 7:09 pm
ChatGPT

Businesses in ChatGPT Business Hub Live With Click Data

Nov 10, 2026 - 1:45 pm
Google Updates

Google November 2026 Core Update Is Rolling Out

Nov 10, 2026 - 1:25 pm
Google

Gemini 4 Carbon Available In Google Search AI Mode

Nov 10, 2026 - 11:50 am
Previous Story: Google's New Text Link Ad Unit