Survey Says Most SEOs Noindex Category/Tag Archive Pages

Jul 19, 2023 - 7:21 am 3 by

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Joe Hall posted a poll on Twitter asking SEOs how they typically handle category and/or tag archive pages for SEO. The results said that most noindex those pages so search engines, like Google, does not index them.

The poll had over 1,000 responses and the answers were:

  • 37.4% said noindex
  • 28.3% said do nothing
  • 23% said turn them into landing pages
  • 11.3% said canonical tag to root

Here is that poll:

Category Tag Archive Pages Seo Poll

Do you agree?

Forum discussion at Twitter.

 

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