Privacy

The next Settings menu item list is Privacy; click it to display the Privacy Settings page.
This page contains only two options, both of which concern visibility on
your blog:

✦ I Would Like My Blog to Be Visible to Everyone, Including Search
Engines (Like Google, Bing, Technorati) and Archivers: This option is the default setting; you’re freely allowing search engines to visit your blog and list you in their search results, and letting your site be indexed in blog archive services, such as Technorati.
✦ I Would Like to Block Search Engines, but Allow Normal Visitors: If
you are one of those rare bloggers who doesn’t want that type of expo-
sure for your blog, but you do want to let normal visitors (read: no
search engines) see your blog, select this option.

Generally, you want search engines to be able to find your blog. However, if you have special circumstances, you may want to enforce your privacy settings. For example, we blocked search engines for the site we’re using to

create the figures in this book because we don’t want search engines to find it. At the top of the site, to the right of the site title, a note says Search
Engines Blocked. This note exists only when you have your privacy settings set to block search engines. When you have privacy enabled, search engines and other content bots can’t find your Web site.
Be sure to click the Save Changes button after you set all your options on the Privacy Settings page to make the changes take effect.