Your maps are often internal tools — a campus, an office, an event site — so Mapvera keeps them out of search engines by default. Nothing is listed on Google unless you deliberately switch a map on.
The defaults
| Page | Search engines |
|---|---|
| Public map pages | Not shown (default) — each map can opt in below |
| Draft maps | Never shown |
| Your maps website home page (when it shows a map) | Follows that map's own setting |
| Your maps website home page (when it redirects) | Never shown — a redirect has nothing to list |
Let a map appear on search engines
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Open the map in the Advanced editor
From your maps list, open the map and switch to the Advanced Editor if you're in Standard.
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Settings → Search engines
In the Settings tab, find Search engine visibility and choose “Show on search engines”. The default is “Do not show on search engines”.
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Publish
Click Save & Publish — the choice is baked into the public page, so it takes effect with the next publish.
Good to know
Search engines revisit pages on their own schedule, so a newly opted-in map can take days to weeks to appear — and a newly hidden one can take a while to drop out. The setting controls what we tell search engines (and reputable ones obey it); it isn't an access control — anyone with the link can still open a public map. For real privacy, keep a map as a draft (visible to logged-in team members only) or share it only where you intend.