[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #51274: Inaccurate string - discouraging search engines does not prevent them from crawling your site.

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#51274: Inaccurate string - discouraging search engines does not prevent them from
crawling your site.
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 Reporter:  carike                   |       Owner:  garrett-eclipse
     Type:  defect (bug)             |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  5.6
Component:  Help/About               |     Version:  3.0
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-           |     Focuses:  ui, administration,
  screenshots needs-copy-review      |  privacy, ui-copy
  needs-testing                      |
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Changes (by garrett-eclipse):

 * keywords:   => has-patch has-screenshots needs-copy-review needs-testing
 * owner:  (none) => garrett-eclipse
 * version:   => 3.0
 * status:  new => accepted


Comment:

 Thanks @carike good point I've uploaded an initial patch in
 [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/51274/51274.diff
 51274.diff] and provided a screen of after and also provided a before for
 reference.

 Prior to the mentioned string there was some existing verbiage as well so
 I updated the block to incorporate your recommendation.

 I did avoid mention of reputation as while crawling nefariously is a thing
 and definitely frowned upon, there as still valid reasons for crawling
 sites with this checked such as SEO tools admins use to run reports on
 their website which is often on a dev install prior to launch.

 Below is the verbiage I used;
 > You can choose whether or not your site will be crawled by robots, ping
 services, and spiders. If you want those services to ignore your site,
 click the checkbox next to “Discourage search engines from indexing this
 site” and click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the screen.
 >
 > Note that even when set to discourage search engines your site is still
 visible on the web and not all search engines adhere to this directive.
 >
 > When this setting is in effect, a reminder is shown in the At a Glance
 box of the Dashboard that says, “Search engines discouraged,” to remind
 you that you have directed search engines to not crawl your site.

 Thoughts/Feedback/Testing always welcome.

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