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Can I/ Should I have my index page NOT searchable?

by BH
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Was wondering about an issue with a WP Site/Blog with the first page being mostly a graphics page with an 'enter' button (long story and not looking to change at this time). At this point, since there is not a lot of text for search engine love on there, is it better to:

1- Should i have my robots.txt file ignore the index page, or is this a bad/frowned upon technique? Would it be possible for it to go straight to my home page and ignore the index page?

2- Should I just put in misc. language in the footer talking about what the site is about?

Thanks for your help!
#i or #index #page #searchable
  • Profile picture of the author Neil Morgan
    Why wouldn't you want it to be found by search engines?

    If you feel like this about it, it sounds to me like that page could be replaced by something that adds a lot more value to your site.

    My best mate calls me Pixel Perfect Pete - because I examine every pixel (really!) on my site to make sure it moves a visitor towards the goals I have in mind.

    Just my thoughts based on the limited information in your post.

    Cheers,

    Neil
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  • Profile picture of the author vansterdam
    I definitely do not recommend making your index page noindex. This could cause major problems with getting your site properly crawled and indexed. Normally a site's index page has the most backlinks. So you should be taking advantage of that and trying to get your index page ranked well. As a minimum you should try to add more relevant content to that page.
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  • Profile picture of the author intelinside
    Don't exclude the homepage but add some text to it pertaining to your site as it sends a strong signal to SEs about the theme of your site.
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