Should I noindex WooCommerce subcategories?

[btetrault]

What's the best practice these days for handling indexing of WooCommerce product subcategories?

Example: in the sitemap we have:
/product-category-a/
/product-category-a/subcategory-1/
/product-category-a/subcategory-2/
etc.

Should the /subcategory-*/ be noindexed, canonical to parent, or stay as indexed?

Thanks!

[effectdigital]

I'd say leave them indexed unless you notice related performance issues

[jasongmcmahon]

I agree with effectdigital, keep them in.

[michaelwebbers]

I agree with effect and Joe

Even tough search engines don't understand the actual content (as far as we can tell :P). As a rule of thumb you can always ask yourself the question if your content adds useful information for your visitor. Subcategories contain extra information about the products and can help visitors find the product they are looking for faster. So I would definitely keep them in.