diff --git a/make_post_sell/templates/join-or-log-in.j2 b/make_post_sell/templates/join-or-log-in.j2
index ca7e20e..ab57f06 100644
--- a/make_post_sell/templates/join-or-log-in.j2
+++ b/make_post_sell/templates/join-or-log-in.j2
@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
{% extends "base.j2" -%}
+{%- block append_to_head_tag_section %}
+
Log in or join
+ {# Auth gateway — every ?next=... permutation serves identical content,
+ which Google Search Console flagged as "Duplicate without
+ user-selected canonical". noindex,nofollow keeps the auth page out
+ of the index entirely (it has no business being indexed); the
+ no-referrer policy stops the URL — which can contain private
+ cart/product paths in ?next= — from leaking via Referer when the
+ user clicks any outbound link. #}
+
+
+{%- endblock append_to_head_tag_section %}
{% block content -%}
diff --git a/make_post_sell/views/misc.py b/make_post_sell/views/misc.py
index 942dfbd..b0299a3 100644
--- a/make_post_sell/views/misc.py
+++ b/make_post_sell/views/misc.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from make_post_sell.lib.render import markdown_to_html
DEFAULT_ROBOTS_DOT_TXT = """
User-agent: *
-Disallow:
+Disallow: /join-or-log-in
"""