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noindex/nofollow category/tags in WP?

by FreeMeal
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(in wordpress) If i have my permalinks set up to exclude the category from the URL. Could I then noindex and/or nofollow both my tags AND my categories? or would that mean my posts may not get indexed either?

Currently I find google indexes my post both as the individual post and also separately under it's category (I already have tags no index). I'm worry about the whole duplicate content issue.

Bit confused about the whole thing.
#category or tags #noindex or nofollow
  • Profile picture of the author kokopelli
    When you "drop" the category from your permalinks, it doesn't affect the fact that there are categories, it just changes the URL.

    If you do not want your categories indexed for duplicate content reasons, or (for example) because you are using WordPress as a CMS, you can "nofollow" them (or even disable them completely, in the last case). I, however, never nofollow my tags, except in the CMS-case.
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  • Profile picture of the author blitz20
    also nofollow your disclaimer page as many have the same type of writing
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  • Profile picture of the author ramdom123
    If you use all in one seo then it has a feature which no follows categories and tags.
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  • Profile picture of the author FreeMeal
    Thanks everyone. I'm just worried that if I noindex/nofollow the categories, then all the posts within those categories would therefore not be indexed either.
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  • Profile picture of the author Maraun
    Noindex is placed in the head section of a page. That means the page that has noindex in the header is not going to be indexed. As long as your articles can be reached through other paths there should be no problem.
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    • Profile picture of the author Guru SEO
      If your sites dropped because of the latest penguin update and panda tweek, you would maybe want to review the indexing of your categories and tags.

      To Index or Noindex? That is the question!


      My personal 169 year experience, it all depends on your theme, if you click on your tag and you have exactly the same text as your post and not a small preview, then you should Noindex or use the <link rel="canonical" /> meta tags.
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  • Profile picture of the author STLSEO
    Good morning Warriors!

    I'm bumping this thread because I'm trying to decide whether or not I should noindex, follow my tags and categories on my Wordpress site.

    From what I've read, doing so will prevent duplicate content penalties. However, I've also read that I should index, follow my tags and categories or else Google won't give credit to my content.

    I use Yoast SEO. Should I noindex, follow my tags and categories? What are the advantages and disadvantages of doing so when using Wordpress as a CMS?

    Your generous feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Warriors!
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