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    4. Right now I have my categories as NOINDEX. Should I change them to index? or let the individual pages retain all the juice?

    Right now I have my categories as NOINDEX. Should I change them to index? or let the individual pages retain all the juice?

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            If they are marked up as 'noindex, follow' then you'll already have the juice passed to those pages - they just aren't indexed.

            Also, check this -> http://www.seomoz.org/qa/view/37635/does-the-meta-noindex-follow-tag-really-pass-external-link-value-to-the-rest-of-my-domain

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                • krissy-cca
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                  Tony, whether or not you decide to index these categories you won't be losing any strength on the already indexed pages. The non-indexed pages already have juice flowing to them - you just can't see them in the SERP

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