In this tutorial let’s learn about how to configure your WordPress “Settings” to optimize and get the most out of your WordPress site. Configuring your Settings should be the very first task you do just after every successful installation of a new WordPress.
A new WordPress instillation has seven sub-panels under Settings. These are:
Privacy Settings
This panel allows you to tell search engines whether or not to index your site. Unless you are setting up a blog for demo purposes, you do want your site be indexed and listed by search engines.
In short, simply skip this step since the default setting is set to allow search engines to index your site.