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Hi Mozers,

**We have a glossary of terms made up of a main page that lists out ALL of the terms, and then individual pages per alphabet letter that limit the results to that specific alphabet letter. These pages look like this: **

https://www.XXXX.XXX/publications/dictionaries/XXX-terms?expand=A

https://www.XXXX.XXX/publications/dictionaries/XXX-terms?expand=B

https://www.XXXX.XXX/publications/dictionaries/XXX-terms?expand=C

https://www.XXXX.XXX/publications/dictionaries/XXX-terms?expand=D

etc.

If I'd like Google to remove all of these "expand=" pages from the index, such that only the main page is indexed, what is the exact parameter that I should ask Google to ignore in Search Console?

"expand=" ?

Just want to make sure! Thanks for the help!!!

Hi Mozers,

I'm using search operators for a count of how many pages have been indexed for each section of the site. I was able to download the first 1000 pages from Google Search Console but there are more than 1000 pages indexed, so I'm using operators for a count (even if I can't get the complete list of indexed URLs). [Although, if there is a better way, PLEASE let me know!]

Anyway, in terms of search operators: from my understanding, the more general the URL, the more results should come up. However, when I put in the domain site:www.XXX it gives me FEWER results than when I put in site:www.XXX/. When I add the backslash to the end of the domain, it gives me MORE results. And when I put in site:www.AAA/BBB/CC it gives me MORE results than when I put in site:www.AAA/BBB.

What's with this?

Yael

Hi Mozers,

Does having a Google+ page really impact SEO?

Thanks,

Yael

Hi Mozers,

We have images on their own separate pages that are then pulled onto content pages.

Should the standalone pages be indexable?

On the one hand, it seems good to have an image on it's own page, with it's own title.

On the other hand, it may be better SEO for crawler to find the image on a content page dedicated to that topic.

Unsure.

Would appreciate any guidance!

Yael

Thank you! Now that I've read your response, the answer seems so obvious! Very helpful.

Very helpful, thank you!