Too Many noindex,follow Tags
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Can you have too many pages on one site with noindex,follow tags?
Just curious, because we're looking to noindex,follow lesser important pages such as bios about our team, privacy and terms, etc.
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Thank you Dr. Pete - exactly what I needed to know!
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I'd generally say "no", but I suspect that there may be a point where the ratio of noindex'ed to indexed pages starts making Google wonder about your content quality. I think it also depends on where those pages fall in the site architecture. If you noindex everything below a certain point, that my be completely reasonable (I've done it without incident - ex. shopping cart pages, etc.). If you start noindex'ing major pages or it looks suspicious (like you're trying to PR-sculpt) I could see that raising red flags.
I doubt it's an issue, but I just think it's possible to take anything too far, especially if the usage seems deceptive or spammy in some way. Without knowing the situation, though, my gut reaction is that it's not a problem in 90% of cases.
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No that won't be a problem. They are just tags giving search engines extra direction on what to follow and where to pass juice. You should be just fine.
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