My search is configured to show standard pages and redirect pages on my site root node. No problem at all.
I'd like to exclude a certain asset (folder) and its children (standard pages) from displaying in the search. I've hunted around but can't seem to find what I'm looking to do.
In the search manager asset (under system management) use the "asset tree weights" screen, select your and then customize for the standard page asset type and set "Enable Indexing ?" to no.