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A seldom mentioned SEO tip from Google's beginner SEO guide

by rob1123
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Hey guys,

So I was looking through Google's SEO starter guide (http://static.googleusercontent.com/...rter-guide.pdf) and came across this:

Avoid

allowing your 404 pages to be indexed in search engines (make sure that your webserver is configured to give a 404 HTTP status code when non-existent pages are requested
This is simple enough to do in wordpress, go to your theme editor and add
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX>
Or if it is PHP

<?php if(is_single()): ?>
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW" />
<?php endif; ?>
I can't vouch for how it will effect your ranks, but if Google recommends it right?

\/V Oh and look no WSO V\/
#beginner #google #guide #mentioned #seldom #seo #tip
  • Profile picture of the author swords
    Makes sense, Google should punish websites that A) have these pages B) "want" these pages to be indexed (intentionally or not).
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Originally Posted by rob1123 View Post

    Or if it is PHP

    <?php if(is_single()): ?>
    <META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW" />
    <?php endif; ?>
    I can't vouch for how it will effect your ranks, but if Google recommends it right?

    \/V Oh and look no WSO V\/
    I can tell you right now, you'll never rank a single internal Wordpress Post page, I guarantee that!

    The is_single in that code above is the actual blog post/page.

    With that code your adding a NOINDEX/NOFOLLOW tag to every single blog post on your site.

    Bad move If you want SERP traffic.
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