Too Many No Index Tags Hurt Your Rankings?

Jan 8, 2013 - 8:34 am 17 by

A WebmasterWorld thread asks if having too many pages with the noindex meta tag on them will eventually have a negative impact on your search rankings?

I think it is similar to the conversion we had on the not selected question. But that being said, having pages with the noindex meta tag on them, by itself doesn't hurt the site and pages within from ranking in Google or other search engines.

The pages that have the noindex on them will not rank because the spider is not allowed to index the content on those pages. (sorry, sleep deprived while on "vacation" with the family and working 10 hour days) So that can have both a positive and negative impact on your internal link flow.

But having tons of noindex pages, by definition, should not have a negative impact on your site's rankings.

What do you think?

A senior member at WebmasterWorld said:

In my experience, it hasn't been an issue and actually seemed to be a benefit in some cases...

Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld.

 

Popular Categories

The Pulse of the search community

Search Video Recaps

 
- YouTube
Video Details More Videos Subscribe to Videos

Most Recent Articles

Search Forum Recap

Daily Search Forum Recap: September 17, 2025

Sep 17, 2025 - 10:00 am
Google

Google Discover Tests Showing X Posts From Just Your Followers?

Sep 17, 2025 - 7:51 am
Other Search Engines

OpenAI Updates Search In ChatGPT: Factuality, Shopping & Formatting

Sep 17, 2025 - 7:41 am
Google

Google: Searchers Want AI Summaries Over Links

Sep 17, 2025 - 7:31 am
Google Maps

Google Business API Q&A Feature Going Away November 3 (Changes Coming?)

Sep 17, 2025 - 7:21 am
Google Ads

New Google Merchant Center Suspension Video Verification

Sep 17, 2025 - 7:11 am
 
Previous Story: Official Site Myth: No Panda Penalties For "Official" Sites