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    • khi5
      khi5 last edited by

      1 weeks ago my website expanded with a lot more pages. I included "noindex, follow" on a lot of these new pages, but then 4 days ago I saw the nr of pages Google indexed increased. Should I expect in 2-3 weeks these pages will be properly noindexed and it may just be a delay? It is odd to me that a few days after including "noindex" on pages, that webmaster tools shows an increase in indexing - that the pages were indexed in other words. My website is relatively new and these new pages are not pages Google frequently indexes.

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      • BlueprintMarketing
        BlueprintMarketing last edited by

        I imagine Google is taking its time indexing your site I am certain that  as long as the no index, no follow you are correctly in place that when you're site is indexed, and Google's cache expires and then reflects the change you will see the difference as well. You can check on the last time Google indexed your sites pages that you have no index no followed by first going to Google than inside the search bar typing in cache:http://example.com/noindex-page/

        I have done this with Moz.com and you'll see an outcome like this below for your site. As you can tell this means the homepage for Moz has not been indexed in two days Google indexes more popular higher page rank sites more often than newer or I not as popular sites. So look at the date when it says this snapshot of your page has appeared on

        This is Google's cache of http://moz.com/. It is a snapshot of the page as it appeared on Mar 7, 2014 21:17:30 GMT. The current page could have changed in the meantime. Learn more
        Tip: To quickly find your search term on this page, press Ctrl+F or ⌘-F (Mac) and use the find bar.

        Hope that helps,

        Thomas

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        • DennisSeymour
          DennisSeymour last edited by

          Yes, that does happen but eventually, it works out right. Just make sure the robots are correctly configured.

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          • khi5
            khi5 @BlueprintMarketing last edited by

            thx. Good way to approach it

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            • khi5
              khi5 @BlueprintMarketing last edited by

              Hi Thomas,
              Can you do me a favor and check if the "noindex, follow" tag are correct on these pages:
              http://www.honoluluhi5.com/oahu/honolulu-condos/
              http://www.honoluluhi5.com/no-address-condo-for-sale-201403347/

              I do not know programming and I want to make sure my programmers have done it right. Around March 1st we put the tag on, but then March 7th I saw an increase in pages being indexed. It puzzled me Google would index MORE pages on a date AFTER we placed the "noindex, follow" on.

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