Meta Robots information

[AdoBike]

Hi, I have a question about the Meta Robots information

Accoarding to the Moz bar, our page uses the meta robots noodp and noydir.

Our competitor uses
INDEX,FOLLOW

I read that noodp and noydir are dated and not used anymore. Is it wise to use INDEX FOLLOW instead for better SEO?

Thanks in advance!

[Dalerio-Consulting]

The noodp and noydir tags are archaic, so they are not used by search engines anymore.

They were used to notify the search engines not to retrieve data for your website from open directories or from Yahoo. Right now they are not used because now the search engines retrieve all the data from your site meta tags or content.

Regarding index and follow tags, you don't have to use them as they are set active by default. You just remove noodp and noydir (They don't affect anything, anyway) and you'll be good to go.

Daniel Rika - Dalerio Consulting
https://dalerioconsulting.com/
info@dalerioconsulting.com

[WebQuest]

I fully agree with all that was mentioned here. Index and DoFollow are the defaults if you haven't specified anything different.

[AdoBike]

Hey Daniel and Mazen,

That clears things up, thanks a lot !