Do I need a robots meta tag? #AskGooglebot

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The robots meta tag allows a website owner to change the default appearance of a page in the search results. This way you can specify how a specific page should or shouldn't show. In this episode of AskGooglebot, John Mueller explains what robot meta tags are, why you might use them, and if they affect ranking in Search.

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