Comments on: Handling noindex meta tags http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/handling-noindex-meta-tags/ neat fun stuff Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:33:38 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: swegill http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/handling-noindex-meta-tags/#comment-403432 swegill Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:26:52 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=380#comment-403432 Well, we all know that there are the standards and rules. But for some reason, we don't have the implementation of those rules or I would say respect for those rules. I would also vote for WC3 standards should be followed... cheers! Swegill Well, we all know that there are the standards and rules. But for some reason, we don’t have the implementation of those rules or I would say respect for those rules.

I would also vote for WC3 standards should be followed…

cheers!

Swegill

]]> By: Seo http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/handling-noindex-meta-tags/#comment-391858 Seo Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:11:17 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=380#comment-391858 Hi Matt, Nice article but i have some query regarding this (1) Why Google show only very few back links ( for a website ) as compare to Yahoo even Google don't show follow links most of time and Can you please resolve my this query that how a web page with zero or very few back links have good PR ( 3-6 ) OR rank well on SERP as comparisons to other web pages having good back links ( no spam ) . Please reply to me i am waiting for your reply and thanks for sharing your knowledge with us . Hi Matt, Nice article but i have some query regarding this (1) Why Google show only very few back links ( for a website ) as compare to Yahoo even Google don’t show follow links most of time and Can you please resolve my this query that how a web page with zero or very few back links have good PR ( 3-6 ) OR rank well on SERP as comparisons to other web pages having good back links ( no spam ) . Please reply to me i am waiting for your reply and thanks for sharing your knowledge with us .

]]> By: Web Design Bangladesh http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/handling-noindex-meta-tags/#comment-363907 Web Design Bangladesh Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:34:53 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=380#comment-363907 From your post it seems to me that noindex meta tag has a great effect on search engine. So, it is possible to block my site to show on search result. Thanks for your nice information to share. From your post it seems to me that noindex meta tag has a great effect on search engine. So, it is possible to block my site to show on search result. Thanks for your nice information to share.

]]> By: James Blunt http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/handling-noindex-meta-tags/#comment-346666 James Blunt Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:11:16 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=380#comment-346666 I put noindex tag ACCIDENTALLY on large amount of my website, and Google de-indexed it :( Now what can I do to get my pages re-indexed as quickly as possible? I put noindex tag ACCIDENTALLY on large amount of my website, and Google de-indexed it :(

Now what can I do to get my pages re-indexed as quickly as possible?

]]> By: Wholesale Denim Jeans http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/handling-noindex-meta-tags/#comment-336782 Wholesale Denim Jeans Fri, 29 May 2009 06:21:25 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=380#comment-336782 I put noindex of a directory into the robot.txt. But all the sub-pages of that directory still get indexed by Google. Perhaps, I've put up the robot.txt too late? Google doesn't seem to listen to the noindex command. Anybody knows for sure? I put noindex of a directory into the robot.txt. But all the sub-pages of that directory still get indexed by Google. Perhaps, I’ve put up the robot.txt too late? Google doesn’t seem to listen to the noindex command. Anybody knows for sure?

]]> By: Dragan7 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/handling-noindex-meta-tags/#comment-231693 Dragan7 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:41:30 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=380#comment-231693 I am currently developing new website and one question bumped into my head, I was hoping this could be the right place to seek for an answer. Example: www.example.com/pageA links with dofollow link to www.example.com/pageB pageB has noindex meta tag. Will page rank flow from pageA to pageB? Or, if we put noindex on pages that we don't want indexed, should we also put nofollow to all internal links that are leading to those pages? I am currently developing new website and one question bumped into my head, I was hoping this could be the right place to seek for an answer.
Example:
http://www.example.com/pageA links with dofollow link to http://www.example.com/pageB

pageB has noindex meta tag. Will page rank flow from pageA to pageB?

Or, if we put noindex on pages that we don’t want indexed, should we also put nofollow to all internal links that are leading to those pages?

]]> By: Seo Company Delhi http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/handling-noindex-meta-tags/#comment-194890 Seo Company Delhi Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:59:25 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=380#comment-194890 Today (18-Dec-2008) when I visit to congoo.com, I found no such meta tags there and this site is raking very good. Perhaps this meta tags may have been used for short time or after indexing of pages. After indexing a site it appears for long time in search engines results. There are some others reasons also which may be responsible for indexing a site even after the use of nofollow, noindex mata tags. Today (18-Dec-2008) when I visit to congoo.com, I found no such meta tags there and this site is raking very good. Perhaps this meta tags may have been used for short time or after indexing of pages. After indexing a site it appears for long time in search engines results. There are some others reasons also which may be responsible for indexing a site even after the use of nofollow, noindex mata tags.

]]> By: Seo Company Delhi http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/handling-noindex-meta-tags/#comment-194884 Seo Company Delhi Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:54:41 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=380#comment-194884 Today (18-Dec-2008) when I visit to congoo.com, I found no such meta tags and this site is raking very good. Perhaps this metatags may have been used for short time or after indexing of pages. After indexing your site it appears for long time in search engines results. There are some others resons also which may be responsible for indexing a site even after nofollow noindex mata tags. Today (18-Dec-2008) when I visit to congoo.com, I found no such meta tags and this site is raking very good. Perhaps this metatags may have been used for short time or after indexing of pages. After indexing your site it appears for long time in search engines results. There are some others resons also which may be responsible for indexing a site even after nofollow noindex mata tags.

]]> By: Jenny - Fast Weight Loss http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/handling-noindex-meta-tags/#comment-179550 Jenny - Fast Weight Loss Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:33:12 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=380#comment-179550 Contrary to Dan's experience above, my encounter with meta robot tag have been positive so far. The proper employment of these tags helps to make sure that those pages I want to keep private really remained private. I've been using a lot of meta tag as well as the robot.txt file to tell search engine o keep out of certain files/directories. This is especially useful when you have certain digital products/information stored at those private directories. Contrary to Dan’s experience above, my encounter with meta robot tag have been positive so far. The proper employment of these tags helps to make sure that those pages I want to keep private really remained private.

I’ve been using a lot of meta tag as well as the robot.txt file to tell search engine o keep out of certain files/directories. This is especially useful when you have certain digital products/information stored at those private directories.

]]> By: Alex Visa http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/handling-noindex-meta-tags/#comment-135187 Alex Visa Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:26:19 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/?p=380#comment-135187 Hi Matt, just by observing the above, we do not have sufficient data to establish weather MSN or Yahoo treat noindex as they should. The 2 search engines may treat the tag wrong, however I have seen noindex nofollow sites which were showing in Google. You can never know exactly when the 2 tags have been promoted to production, and it may be this happened a very short while ago. What Google does in such a case, is that it first deletes the snippet of the specific site and ultimately eliminates the listing completely ... but this may take time. So if you want the test to be 100% accurate, beside the test you are running now, you should prep a page with index and follow, than allow time for indexation and just after that change tags to noindex ... See what happens than. Regards, Alex Hi Matt,

just by observing the above, we do not have sufficient data to establish weather MSN or Yahoo treat noindex as they should. The 2 search engines may treat the tag wrong, however I have seen noindex nofollow sites which were showing in Google.

You can never know exactly when the 2 tags have been promoted to production, and it may be this happened a very short while ago.

What Google does in such a case, is that it first deletes the snippet of the specific site and ultimately eliminates the listing completely … but this may take time.

So if you want the test to be 100% accurate, beside the test you are running now, you should prep a page with index and follow, than allow time for indexation and just after that change tags to noindex …

See what happens than.

Regards,
Alex

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