(Entry was posted by Chris Greene on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 12/19/2019).

Stop a page from appearing as sitelink

Hi Guys, i want to stop a page from appearing as sitelink on organic results, is the best way to do this is to add a noindex tag to that page?

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Casey Markee: Correct. If the page is not INDEXED it won`t be chosen as a sitelink.

I have done this in the past successfully myself.
Michael Martinez: It`s a shame they took away the ability to opt a URL out of being used for a sitelink. Noindexing seems like such a drastic response to an unwanted sitelink.
Casey Markee: Michael it`s unfortunate for sure.

The previous "demotion" was certainly easier.
Raajul Sharma: Or you can go to the search console/ webmasters and demote the link there, not sure, if it`s still there in the new webmasters, however that is the quickest and easiest way to do it.
Raajul Sharma: https://www.google.com/.../choose-google-sitelinks.../amp/
Michael Martinez: This isn`t an option any more. That article is WAY outdated.