How to Hide Pages from Search Listings in WordPress
It may sound crazy, but stick with me, because some times you really do want to keep search engines and on-site searches from finding certain pages. There is good news and bad news. The good news is that it's relatively easy to do. The bad news is that it requires a little caution and patience. Before we get started, though, I know that last week I said I'd write about ways to better control your WordPress comments this week. However, that's taking a little more research than I realized it would, so watch for that coming up soon. Let's start with why you might want to hide a page from search engines or even your own internal search functions. Sometime you might want to put up special content pages like a free download of an ebook or something. Of course, most of the time when you provide this kind of content, you are doing so as an opt-in bribe. You want something, usually an email address, from the reader and in order to coax them into joining your email l...