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Index vs. Noindex for Wix category and tag pages -- what's your take?

by Tony Paul
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I'm optimizing a Wix blog setup and noticed the platform auto-generates taxonomy pages for categories and hashtags (e.g. /categories/seo, /tags/shopify).

They're purely aggregations of posts -- thin content, no unique copy.

Curious how others handle this from an SEO architecture standpoint:
  • Keep indexed for crawl paths and internal linking equity?
  • Or noindex to prevent duplicate clusters and dilution of topical authority?

Would appreciate thoughts from anyone who's optimized Wix or similar CMS-driven structures at scale.
#— #category #index #noindex #pages #tag #what’s #wix
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  • Profile picture of the author MooreHernandez
    If your category and tag pages don't have unique content search values, it's best to set them to noindex, follow. That's way, Google won't index thin or duplicate pages, but can still crawl links to your post.
    If you plan to build them out with unique intros, descriptions, or curated post lists later, you can switch them to index.
    For most wix blogs though noindexing taxonomy pages keeps your crawl budget focused on the main articles and prevent keyword cannibalization.
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  • Profile picture of the author OnlineProxy
    you should noindex all tag pages to reduce index bloat from auto-generated content, which can otherwise harm your site's rankings.For categories, selectively noindex the thin pages but keep your top 5-10 categories indexed after enriching them with 200-300 words of unique content and FAQs,argument that these pages are essential for crawl paths is outdated,cause Google can still discover links on noindexed pages even if they don't pass PageRank
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  • Profile picture of the author maggie456
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    For Wix and similar CMS setups, it's usually safer to noindex category and tag pages if they're just thin aggregations with no unique content. They don't add topical value and can dilute relevance across clusters.
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  • Profile picture of the author spritzcams
    I would say to keep your category pages indexed provided you've added some intersintg content to it. So they will act as hubpages for the articles under.
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  • Profile picture of the author saudom
    I currently find that tags no longer have much value for SEO; you should set them to noindex.
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  • Profile picture of the author Princess Balestra
    Las' time I looked, Wix was a hellhole of inconsequence.

    Test yr tootsies, unleash yr armies ...

    mayickes no frickin' diffrence.
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  • Profile picture of the author Moodesburn1977
    Probaly the old skool prefer indexing for Goggle Ranking
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