[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #51511: Introduce Robots API and Media Search Engine Visibility setting

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#51511: Introduce Robots API and Media Search Engine Visibility setting
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 Reporter:  flixos90                             |       Owner:  flixos90
     Type:  feature request                      |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Awaiting
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Component:  General                              |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests needs-      |     Focuses:
  copy-review                                    |
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Comment (by Clorith):

 I'm all for a core approach to control robots meta tags, I do have some
 concerns about the introduction of a secondary UI checkbox for an
 individual search engine aspect though, as it is a bit vague on what this
 box truly does, and it feels a bit counter to the core philosophy,
 although that may just be my interpretation here, so mentioning it for the
 sake of completeness

 From the perspective of a slightly technical individual, two very likely
 user scenarios come to mind, although there are likely others:

 - I've allowed search engines with one checkbox being unticked, then I
 tick this other one because I don't want anyone taking my full size
 images.
 - I've ticked this new box, because I only want thumbnails to show in
 search engine image searches.

 How can we make this less vague, without overburdening users, if we are to
 retain this new UI element I must admit I've got no good answer right now,
 but I think this is a discussion that should be had, to avoid any
 confusion or misunderstandings.

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