--- title: "googlebot-news · Meta Tag · zhead" canonical_url: "https://zhead.dev/meta/googlebot-news" last_updated: "2026-08-10T16:29:02.582Z" meta: description: "Applies Google robots rules to news results. Use it when Google News should handle a page differently from Google’s text results." "og:description": "Applies Google robots rules to news results. Use it when Google News should handle a page differently from Google’s text results." "og:title": "googlebot-news · Meta Tag · zhead" --- Meta tags # googlebot-news Applies Google robots rules to news results. Use it when Google News should handle a page differently from Google’s text results. ## Parameters noindex Prevents the page from appearing in Google News results. ``` ``` nofollow Tells Google not to follow links on the page for news results. ``` ``` nosnippet Prevents a text snippet or video preview in Google News results. ``` ``` max-snippet:-1 Lets Google choose the text snippet length. ``` ``` max-image-preview:large Allows an image preview as wide as the result viewport. ``` ``` ## Code examples Good example ``` ``` Hides the snippet in Google News without applying that restriction to all Google text results. Good example ``` ``` Allows Google News to show a larger preview image for the page. Avoid this example ``` ``` This is not a supported Google robots rule. Avoid this example ``` ``` Google no longer provides cached links, so it ignores noarchive. ## Recommendations - 01 Use It Only for a News Override General robots rules already apply to Google News. Add this tag only when news results need a different restriction. - 02 Keep Web and News Rules Separate For example, googlebot-news nosnippet can hide a news snippet while leaving the Google text result snippet available. - 03 Let Google Read the Rule Do not block crawling of the page in robots.txt. Google must fetch the page before it can see this tag. ## Related documentation - [Google Search Central: Robots Meta Tag](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/robots-meta-tag#robotsmeta) ## Related meta tags ### [author](https://zhead.dev/meta/author) name Names one author of the page. Add another author meta tag for each additional author. ``` ``` Names the author exactly as credited on the page. ### [charset](https://zhead.dev/meta/charset) charset Declares the character encoding used by the HTML document. In modern HTML, the value must be UTF-8. ``` ``` The required character encoding for modern HTML. ### [description](https://zhead.dev/meta/description) name Summarizes the page for directories and search engines. Google may use it as a search result snippet when it describes the page better than the visible content does. ``` ``` Specific details tell the reader what the recipe covers. ### [google](https://zhead.dev/meta/google) name Carries Google-specific page controls. Google currently documents nopagereadaloud for this metadata name. ``` ``` The documented Google-specific opt-out for page read-aloud services. ### [google-site-verification](https://zhead.dev/meta/google-site-verification) name Verifies ownership of a site in Google Search Console. Google provides the exact token to place on the site’s top-level page. ``` ``` Replace this placeholder with the exact token issued by Search Console.