[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #57520: Archive pages should be noindex

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#57520: Archive pages should be noindex
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 Reporter:  porton             |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General            |     Version:
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  reporter-feedback  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by porton):

 They should be noindex, because archive pages are bad as landing pages
 (imagine, Google leads you to an archive page, how will you find the
 necessary information). Better landing pages are post pages.

 Also archive page in search results means mix of keywords from several
 pages, grouped by year, that's not good for sensible search.

 So category and archives should be noindex,follow.

 Also making them noindex reduces content duplication and thus may raise
 site rating.

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