With the New Panda update supposedly only weeks away, is it wise to No Index my products I have not had time to rewrite the product descriptions for ?

[PeteC12]

Hi Mozzers,

I read on SEJ yesterday than apparently the Panda update was due in the 2 - 4 weeks.

I still have a large of my products which I have not got around to rewriting unique product descriptions for. I know these product descriptions are duplicated on other affiliate sites so do it think it in light of the panda update coming , would it wise to put a NO INDEX Meta tag on these product pages until I get around to rewriting the descriptions.  That way, I may not hit my Panda and it will buy me a bit more time.

Just an idea , but thought I'd run it by.

thanks

Pete

[gazzerman1]

The real question is...

Has Google already gathered a snapshot of all the data for the next Panda update already, if so its too late anyway.
With Penguin that has always been the case. If you are not ready a month before the update then you miss the boat.

John Mueller at Google has always said duplication is not the biggest factor it is more how you represent that content. If there is other content around it that makes your site unique and maybe a better option than others then you can be justified in having that duplicate content.

A suppression because of Panda can be an overall look at your site so it may be wise to noindex the weak pages.

Also if they are all under a specific directory structure such as /products/ you could do a fetch as Google in Webmaster Tools on it or even create a sitemap with just the pages that have changed and do a fetch on that page using the option to crawl all linked pages. This can be a very fast way to get Google to react to your changes.

Hope that helps.

[PeteC12]

Many thanks Gary,

Some interesting points ideas here. I didn't realize google would have taken snap shot in advance so yes I could well already missed the boat.

I like the idea of the no index on weaker pages so If I was do that but "Follow" on these weaker pages. Would that still be okay, if any child pages from those pages were left to be indexed ?.

Many thanks

Pete

[gazzerman1]

Yes that's fine, Pagerank/juice will still flow and Google will act as normal on all those child pages.

In an ideal situation you want to have good content on the pages that link to the weaker ones

Home->Landing Page->Weaker page->Child Page

Try to naturally include the most important words on the Landing Page as it will have the most power and you will be able to direct your customers through to the weaker pages.

[PeteC12]

Hi Gary,

Many thanks for assistance and help with this. I will take a look at doing that.

Kind Regards

Pete