: Using rel="nofollow" on links has no effect on whether certain pages get indexed. It simply stops search engines taking that specific link into account. If a page is linked anywhere else without

@Cofer257

Using rel="nofollow" on links has no effect on whether certain pages get indexed. It simply stops search engines taking that specific link into account. If a page is linked anywhere else without nofollow then the page will be indexed as normal.

Generally the best way to stop pages being indexed is to use robots.txt. For dynamic content, however, it may be difficult to block specific patterns so "noindex" is fine.

Regarding whether to block at all, take a look at the pages and decide how useful they are individually and if users might search for that content. For example, I would suggest that people are likely to search for "Chinese restaurants in Victory Hill", so it makes sense to have one page dedicated to that appearing in search results.

Small UI note: instead of having the "remove filter" link, I would instead keep all the Locations listed and linked, with the current filter unlinked. Then users can switch to another location easily.

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