: Will the noindex Meta stop page indexing but still allow crawling We have a property site that contains approximately 5000 properties. The search facility and subsequent Filter mechanism has resulted
We have a property site that contains approximately 5000 properties. The search facility and subsequent Filter mechanism has resulted in Google indexing over 400 000 pages.
Question:
Will adding noindex to our search results page prevent Google from indexing it, but still allow it to crawl and index the properties on that page?
I've noted the following question with this answer:
<meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow" />
From the answer it seems that it will allow what I'm looking for without the risk of suddenly loosing all my indexed properties? I.e. it will only remove the search results page but not the property pages.
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Yes. You are exactly right. It will eventually remove all your unwanted pages but will still follow links found on that page. I had a similar problem over a year ago and chose to remove the search hierarchy pages and use Google search instead. So I understand the concern and not really wanting to remove the pages. Somewhere along the line I will come up with a specific AJAX style search for the bulk of my site since no-one really uses the local Google search which really surprises me. I thought that would have been a good solution. However, I have to say, in retrospect, it might have been okay to noindex, follow my pages as an option- but. I removed them thinking I would get to AJAX sooner than I have. Ooopppsss!! So based on my similar experience, this a perfect option!
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