Can service request pages be indexed for a service site?
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I think there is no point in indexing service request pages for a service site. And it causes the indexing of the main pages to be done with a delay. Does anyone have experience with indexing service request pages and their results?
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I prefer to let google do it naturally, it's better for your SEO.
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@sora-ya0468 can you elaborate what you mean by "service request pages"?
Are these pages with some search results? or pages with an order form of some sort?In general, the automatically generated pages with search results should be closed for indexing, especially if you have indexing issues of the other page groups. To discover that, please go to Google Search Console's Coverage tab, and select "All submitted pages" instead of "All pages", and check how many of these pages are in gray (excluded or not indexed). If you see a large chunk of your sitemap unindexed, these search results pages ("service request pages", if I understood you correctly) should be the first to go. You can close them via robots.txt, or with robots "noindex" directive, or x-robots-tag: noindex in HTTP header.
I'd be happy to share more details once I better understand the essence of your question.
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