Should I noindex, follow categories?

[ttb]

Hey Everyone,

A simple question (hopefully). Should I check or uncheck the noindex, follow setting for categories on our site? We've got about 5-6 but they aren't anything that people should know or would help in SEO.

For example, one category is "featured content" and another is "what's happening." Checking them dictate where a post goes on the site.

I'm pretty sure it should be checked, but I wanted to check with the experts first

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[ttb]

"If the categories are not important or you have posts that are unimportant or have duplicate content, then check the box noindex/follow."

I'm a little confused by the latter part of your statement. I don't think categories are important, but I'm not sure what the rests means. Care to elaborate?

[Mark_Jay_Apsey_Jr.]

Abdel-

As a common rule, we assign all of our content (posts) to categories that are unique. In this case you would want to index/follow. We expect that within the categories we have some relevant keywords.

If the categories are not important or you have posts that are unimportant or have duplicate content, then check the box noindex/follow.

One other thing that is important. Noindex/follow author and tag archives. You want google to look and see the links but not to index them.

Hope this helps. Good luck.

Mark