# Torque Toons: noindex
**Date:** 2019-07-05
**Author:** Dan Maby
**Categories:** Community & Events, Interviews & Features
> Earlier this week, Google announced they will no longer be supporting noindex directives found in robots.txt files. They listed several alternative methods to keep your site unlisted, but we’ve heard that robots.txt isn’t taking the news well. Doc Pop Doctor Popular is an artist and musician living in San Francisco. As a full disclaimer, he …
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Earlier this week, Google announced they will [no longer be supporting](https://searchengineland.com/google-to-stop-supporting-noindex-directive-in-robots-txt-319003) noindex directives found in robots.txt files. They listed several alternative methods to [keep your site unlisted](https://webmasters.googleblog.com), but we’ve heard that robots.txt isn’t taking the news well.

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