We have several solutions for preventing specific items from appearing in recommendations, and most can be implemented very easily.

NoIndex

This forbids our Javascript from collecting the page at all, so it never appears in our inventory. We recommend this for URLs you would never want to recommend as content, and do not plan to show recommendations on, such as a Contact Us, About, Policy pages, and others, as this essentially makes the page invisible to our system.

<script id="liftigniter-metadata" type="application/json">
{
  "noIndex" : "true"
}
</script>

NoShow (Recommended)

For pages you do not want to show as recommendations, but which you might want to display recommendations on, we recommend using NoShow. That’s because having an item in the inventory, even if we never show it, allows us to show better recommendations if the user is currently on, or has recently visited, such a page. Please note that in order to work, the value for noShow must be in string format.

<script id="liftigniter-metadata" type="application/json">
{
  "noShow" : "true"
}
</script>

Publish and Expiration Time

LiftIgniter can use standard published_time and expiration_time metadata to control the display of content automatically. If the published_time is in the future, we will not display the item. If the expiration_time is in the past, we will not display the item. Using these fields allows you to control when an article is shown without needing to update it to include a noShow tag. Get more information on using publish and expiration times.