diff --git a/layouts/_default/index.json b/layouts/_default/index.json
index b301c8d6..a7260a52 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/index.json
+++ b/layouts/_default/index.json
@@ -4,28 +4,30 @@
 {{ $pages = $pages | lang.Merge .Site.Pages }}
 {{ end }}
 {{- range $pages -}}
-  {{- $section := .Site.GetPage "section" .Section -}}
-  {{- if .Date -}}
-    {{- $index = $index | append (dict
-    "date" (.Date | time.Format (.Site.Language.Params.dateFormat | default ":date_long")) 
-    "title" (.Title | emojify | safeJS)
-    "section" ($section.Title | emojify | safeJS)
-    "summary" (.Summary | safeJS)
-    "content" (.Plain | safeJS)
-    "permalink" .RelPermalink
-    "externalUrl" .Params.externalUrl
-    "type" .Type
-    ) -}}
-  {{- else -}}
-    {{- $index = $index | append (dict
-    "title" (.Title | emojify | safeJS)
-    "section" ($section.Title | emojify | safeJS)
-    "summary" (.Summary | safeJS)
-    "content" (.Plain | safeJS)
-    "permalink" .RelPermalink
-    "externalUrl" .Params.externalUrl
-    "type" .Type
-    ) -}}
+  {{- if not .Params.excludeFromSearch -}}
+    {{- $section := .Site.GetPage "section" .Section -}}
+    {{- if .Date -}}
+      {{- $index = $index | append (dict
+      "date" (.Date | time.Format (.Site.Language.Params.dateFormat | default ":date_long")) 
+      "title" (.Title | emojify | safeJS)
+      "section" ($section.Title | emojify | safeJS)
+      "summary" (.Summary | safeJS)
+      "content" (.Plain | safeJS)
+      "permalink" .RelPermalink
+      "externalUrl" .Params.externalUrl
+      "type" .Type
+      ) -}}
+    {{- else -}}
+      {{- $index = $index | append (dict
+      "title" (.Title | emojify | safeJS)
+      "section" ($section.Title | emojify | safeJS)
+      "summary" (.Summary | safeJS)
+      "content" (.Plain | safeJS)
+      "permalink" .RelPermalink
+      "externalUrl" .Params.externalUrl
+      "type" .Type
+      ) -}}
+    {{- end -}}
   {{- end -}}
 {{- end -}}
 {{- $index | jsonify -}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/layouts/_default/sitemap.xml b/layouts/_default/sitemap.xml
index 94c04d55..5fb89f21 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/sitemap.xml
+++ b/layouts/_default/sitemap.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {{ printf "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>" | safeHTML }}
 <urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"
   xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
-{{ range .Data.Pages }}{{ if not (in .Site.Params.sitemap.excludedKinds .Kind) }}{{ if and (.Param "xml" | default true) (or (not .Params.externalUrl) (and (.Params.externalUrl) (and (not (hasPrefix .Params.externalUrl "http://")) (not (hasPrefix .Params.externalUrl "https://"))))) }}
+{{ range .Data.Pages }}{{ if not (in .Site.Params.sitemap.excludedKinds .Kind) }}{{ if and (.Param "xml" | default true) (or (not .Params.externalUrl) (and (.Params.externalUrl) (and (not (hasPrefix .Params.externalUrl "http://")) (not (hasPrefix .Params.externalUrl "https://"))))) (not .Params.excludeFromSearch) }}
 {{- if .Permalink -}}{{ $link := .Permalink }}{{ if .Params.externalUrl }}{{ $link = printf "%s%s" .Site.BaseURL (substr .Params.externalUrl 1) }}{{ end }}
   <url>
     <loc>{{ $link }}</loc>{{ if not .Lastmod.IsZero }}