IndySearch respects your right to control whether your site appears in search results.
If you'd prefer your Neocities site not be indexed, you can opt out using a standard
robots.txt file.
How to opt out
In your Neocities site dashboard, create a file called robots.txt in the root of your site.
Paste the following content into the file and save:
User-agent: IndySearch
Disallow: /
This tells the IndySearch crawler to skip your entire site. The crawler identifies itself
with the user-agent string IndySearch/1.0 and will respect this directive.
Block specific pages
If you only want to block certain pages rather than your whole site, you can be more specific:
Please note: Changes to your robots.txt will not take effect immediately.
IndySearch re-crawls sites periodically, and your robots.txt will be checked on the next
crawl cycle. It may take some time before your site is removed from search results.
If you need your site removed urgently, please reach out via Neocities.
Opting back in
If you change your mind, simply remove the IndySearch rules from your robots.txt
(or delete the file entirely). Your site will be picked up again on the next crawl cycle.