What is the difference between following tags?
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX">
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX,FOLLOW">
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Sign up to join this communityWhat is the difference between following tags?
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX">
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX,FOLLOW">
They are functionally the same.
With:
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX">
there is no FOLLOW or NOFOLLOW so the default is FOLLOW which is equal to:
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX,FOLLOW">
Both are functionally the same and neither is incorrect, however, if you are mechanizing this meta-tag, I would suggest the more complete:
<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX,FOLLOW">
noindex,follow
to game the system and Google may have put something in to react to that. Or maybe John's somewhat vague statement isn't the whole story.
Jun 17, 2018 at 15:40