[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #50400: Update Search Engine Visibility text following XML sitemap launch

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#50400: Update Search Engine Visibility text following XML sitemap launch
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 Reporter:  jonoaldersonwp   |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement      |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General          |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-screenshots  |     Focuses:  ui-copy
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Comment (by pbiron):

 Replying to [comment:11 swissspidy]:
 > Anyway, my suggestion on Slack was to not add to much technical details
 (what are XML sitemaps? What is noindex?) to the copy there, and instead
 link to helphub.
 >
 > Maybe something like this:
 >
 > > Discourage search engines from indexing this site
 > > This will also disable XML sitmaps.
 > > ''It is up to search engines to honor this request, and this setting
 won't prevent them from crawling your website. Learn more about search
 engine visibility.''

 I think adding a "Learn more" link (to a page on HelpHub) is a great idea,
 so that the text of this setting can be as simple as possible.

 As mention during the
 [https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/CTKTGNJJW/p1592320252007300 #core-
 sitemaps] meeting this morning, the URL of that link should be filterable.
 A sitemaps or SEO plugin might alter the core default  behavior of what
 happens with sitemaps for a site that is not public, e.g., enabling
 sitemaps for testing purposes while still not adding it to
 robots.txt...and that plugin should be able to provide a link to **their**
 documentation of how the "Discourage search engines from indexing this
 site" setting affects sitemaps.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/50400#comment:18>
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