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title: How does Verbolia handle index/follow directives?
description: "Verbolia is designed to optimize which pages are visible to search engines, ensuring that only high-value pages are indexed. Here's how it works: - Parameterized Vpages (such as filtered versions or paginated pages like page 2, 3, etc.) are automatically…"
url: "https://www.verbolia.com/knowledge/how-does-verbolia-handle-index-follow-directives/"
updated: "2025-06-23"
category: Vpage / Vpages basics
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# How does Verbolia handle index/follow directives?

Verbolia is designed to optimize which pages are visible to search engines, ensuring that only high-value pages are indexed. Here's how it works:

- Parameterized Vpages (such as filtered versions or paginated pages like page 2, 3, etc.) are automatically marked with x-robots-tag: noindex, nofollow in the HTTP response header.
- The robots.txt file on the Vpage backend allows crawlers to access necessary backend resources and APIs without blocking essential functionality.

## Manually excluding a page from indexing

If you want to prevent a specific Vpage from being indexed by search engines, you can do it manually. In the keyword edition page of your specific keyword, there is a checkbox labeled **“**Make this page non indexable **”**. When selected:

- The page will return a x-robots-tag: noindex directive to block indexing.
- The given keyword will be excluded from Googlebot visits, position tracking batches, and SEO performance charts.
- The page will not be included in your website’s sitemap, internal linking, or the Verbolia linking widget installed on your standard pages.

![](https://www.verbolia.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/indexability-1024x187.png)

This gives you full control over what gets indexed .