Remove section from search results page

[cymru78]

How can I remove a particular section from the search results page on my website?

In this particular case, I have set up Recently Viewed Items across scrolling across the top but I don't want this showing on any search results.

I'm sure that I have seen it somewhere in the past but now I can't find it!

[Breffni]

Hi @cymru78 👋  thanks for your post! 

To hide an individual page on your Square Online site from search engine results:

1. From your Square Online site editor, open up a page of your choice.
2. Select the gear icon in the editing panel and select View page settings.
3. Select SEO in the pop-up window.
4. Under ‘Search visibility’, select Hidden from search engine results.
5. Select Save when finished and Publish your website to see the changes live.

This will hide your page from your site search, Google and other public search engines. It will not, however, unpublish the one page from your site. Anyone with the URL to that page will still be able to see it.

Note: Not including the page in your navigation menu doesn’t hide it from search results either; all it does is remove the link to the page from your site’s navigation.

I hope this helps.

[cymru78]

I'm sure that the title is different to what I'd originally typed!

I don't want to hide a page. I want to hide a particular section from the search results page, like it is possible to do on other pages.

I want to hide my scrolling 'latest products' banner from my search results page.

[Breffni]

Ah, apologies for the misunderstanding @cymru78

From what I can see in our resources, we only have the option to unindex the full page itself. I had a look at Google's resources but couldn't find much other than this post. 

In this case, Square does not provide SEO consultation, for more information on SEO for your specific website’s needs, we recommend consulting an SEO expert or reaching out to Google or any other search engines support team. 

[cymru78]

Unfortunately, it looks as if you are still not understanding.

My original title was how to hide a specific section. I don't know why the title was changed to something that I didn't ask.

I haven't asked anything about indexing or hiding pages. Just a particular section from search results on my website.

Hopefully, the attached image will explain it properly.

The image is from a search result on my website. I want to be able to remove the 'Recently viewed' section from this page only.

That's all I am asking.

[Breffni]

Apologies for the delay and misunderstanding again @cymru78, thanks for letting me know. 

You should be able to remove the Recently Viewed section from within Site Editor. There is a guide in this article to where you can locate this section in the site editor. 

I'll amend the title of this thread back to the original now! 

[cymru78]

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem possible to remove this section from the search results page.

Again, I only want to remove it from the search results page.

The search results page doesn't show up in the Site Editor so it's not possible to amend anything on that page.