SEO Concern - Lots of pages with just code...

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Thanks in advance, guys. This concern is really a monkey on my back.

I have a Wordpress website I am working on with the goal for it to rank in the SERP's.

On this website there is a map of the us. When a state is clicked on, it takes you to a page where the state is broken down into regions.

My concern is this: All of the regions of all of the states are each a Wordpress "page". Each page has a small line of code that makes the state on the site. When the website is done there will be several hundred "pages" (not posts) with only a small line of code on them. (Did I mention I am using 3 plugins to achieve this?)

What will the Google bots think of this? Will it harm my SEO to have several hundred pages with just a short line of code on them even if it is ultimately for a better user experience?

Thank you again. I genuinely appreciate your time.
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  • Provided you have other content to speak on on other pages its not a deal breaker. Its doubtful those pages will rank for anything naturally.of course but other pages should still be able to rank.

    However I don't know about better user experience. In 2016 with HTML5 and Javascript in particular you shouldn't have to load hundred of pages just to view regions

    I am presuming this route is because you are using wordpress and can't get better techniques to work with it?
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    • Mike Anthony,

      Thanks for your response.

      Yes I'm using Wordpress. Do you know of a better way to do it? The results I want are as follows:

      1. Have a full US Clickable map (I am using Create a Clickable Map to achieve this) Each state can be assigned a URL which I made a page with the state name and "Choose Your Region". (Ex. "Nebraska: choose Your Region")

      2. Click on a state on the US map to follow pre-specified URL

      3. Click on a region to narrow down closer to your area (Using a plugin called "HTML5 Maps") Each region has a specified URL. I created a page for each region (most states have about five regions) and on each page there is a short code for the the next step...

      4. See a directory of shops in that region (Using a plugin called "Connections")

      Is there a better way?

      Maybe I'm being a ninny but my two biggest concerns are worrying that Google wont rank me because of my sites structure, and that there's a much faster way to do what i'm doing. Any suggestions are warmly welcomed. Or if I am being a ninny please feel free to say so.

      Thanks
  • Hey guys. I found my own remedy. I am just going to no-index all the pages that I only have the shortcode on.
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    Look at the text version of your webpage and also run Screaming Frog on the site. Either the text and links are optimized or they're not.

    I have no idea what the magic line of code does.
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    • No magic code here. The code is just a short code from a plugin that allows a clickable US state to show up that is sorted out by regions - this doesn't matter to my question.

      I've decided to no-index these pages because they aren't any use in Google. They are just a useful function for my website.

      Thanks for your advice on Screaming Frog. I'll take a look.
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