Should I block wordpress archive and tag?
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I use Wodpress and Wordpress SEO by Yoast. I've set ip up to add noindex meta tag on all archive and tag pages.
I don't think its useful to include thoses pages in search results because there's quite a few. Especialy the tag archive.
Should I consider anything else or change my mind?
What do you think?
Thanks
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Ok thanks everyone. That's pretty much it.
I set this post a Ungoing discussions but it was really a specific questions.
Consider this answered.
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If the blog posts are accessible otherwise, you can go ahead and place the following meta tag in all the tags and archive pages –
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Matt Cutts addressed this back in 2007:
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/sea...Short answer: its best not to allow it as Google will drop it when they catch it.
Hope that helps!
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Hi Frederic,
Its like keyword meta tag, some people still uses it. Archives and Tags helps visitors in navigating website, I personally prefer to put noindex meta robots tag on those pages because they will not look good in SERP.
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