[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #63375: Make The Search Engines Discouraged Message More Visible

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#63375: Make The Search Engines Discouraged Message More Visible
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 Reporter:  jeffr0                                   |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement                              |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                                   |   Milestone:  6.9
Component:  Site Health                              |     Version:  6.8
 Severity:  normal                                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-copy-review 2nd-opinion has-patch  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by SirLouen):

 Replying to [comment:13 abcd95]:
 > Replying to [comment:10 SirLouen]:
 >
 > Yes, @SirLouen, I agree with you with the fact that this is not a
 critical issue, and while the admin notice might not be the best approach,
 I think there needs to be some way to highlight this so it draws
 attention.

 But this thought is paradoxical: on one side you are suggesting that it's
 not a critical issue but then adding a critical issue measure (like a
 notice). Notices are one of those features that must be minimally used (if
 used at all). They are seriously disturbing. This is like the bare bones
 of the WP UI philosophy.

 Plus, as I said, there are zillions of pages discouraging Search Engines
 on purpose. Imagine having to see this disturbing notice all the time if
 you happen to have this feature disabled by choice.

 This topic goes into the realm of SEO and the realm of SEO is not a web
 compliant thing that should be much respected in Core. It's just a thing
 that should go into plugin-land and maybe helped a bit with some hooks. So
 as @johnbillion suggested, many SEO plugins already warn of this, like
 Yoast, so I even think that a Site Health check is unnecessary, but if you
 are willing to do something at least, take it to the bare minimal option
 possible.

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