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Should i Index Author pages?

by kurosaki4d
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Hello Everyone,

Recently i've been doing a lot of improvements in terms of EEAT, including adding authors to my sites.

In my Rank-Math settings, I have the following options set to "No-index" by default.
  • Author Robots Meta
  • Category Archives Robots Meta

My question is, should I index the above 2 options or leave them no-indexed?

Thank you
#author #index #pages
  • Profile picture of the author savidge4
    Originally Posted by kurosaki4d View Post

    Hello Everyone,

    Recently i've been doing a lot of improvements in terms of EEAT, including adding authors to my sites.

    In my Rank-Math settings, I have the following options set to "No-index" by default.
    • Author Robots Meta
    • Category Archives Robots Meta

    My question is, should I index the above 2 options or leave them no-indexed?

    Thank you
    Author pages if you are using the avatars elsewhere on the internet - Social media accounts in particular, would be worth indexing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Hudson78
    If you've properly optimized the author pages index them otherwise no.
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  • Profile picture of the author OnlineProxy
    Author Robots Meta - It has a positive impact on E-A-T, helping to establish the authors' topical authority, which is valuable for SEO.

    Category Archives Robots Meta - It all depends on the quality of these archives, if it is bad, it is better not to index them.
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  • Profile picture of the author pssajit
    Control Over Indexing: If you choose to index author pages, make sure they are well-structured and provide good interlinking to relevant articles and sections of your site. This helps distribute page authority throughout your site and enhances user engagement.

    Avoiding Content Bloat: If your site has a large number of authors and the author pages are not significantly different from each other or do not add much value individually, indexing all of them could lead to content bloat. In such cases, selectively indexing only the top authors, or not indexing any at all, might be a better approach.
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  • Profile picture of the author deltahost
    Question: why index author pages? Will someone be looking for them, is there a large number of requests? Will queries to find the authors of your site give you traffic? If you know that there will be no benefit, remove them from the index, there will be less headaches
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  • Profile picture of the author Alora Carl
    It depends on your niche. If you think that author has role in the article then should be index otherwise not.
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  • Profile picture of the author feronenab
    In general, it is recommended to index author and category pages unless you have a specific reason not to. Indexed author pages can strengthen E-A-T signals, especially if your authors are trustworthy.
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  • Profile picture of the author Fazlo
    If you have optimized the author pages then these should have indexed otherwise not
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  • Profile picture of the author Awais_Afzal1
    It depends on which niche you are working... If its about personal credibility author page should be index for personal influence.
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  • Profile picture of the author imran123490
    It's generally advisable to use the "no index" tag on author and tag pages, as they often contain duplicate content that can affect the performance of your primary pages. However, if you discover that specific tag or author pages generate valuable traffic, you can consider making an exception for those.
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  • Profile picture of the author LilyJone
    It totally depends upon the structure and optimization of author's page. If it is well and up to date, you may index otherwise no.
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  • Profile picture of the author Gustaf
    Author pages should contain a description that is more detailed than what is provided in the Author Bio at the end of each article. These should be two distinct descriptions.

    In that case, there's no need to block Author pages from indexing.

    However, if your site has numerous authors and their descriptions are either missing or identical to the Author Bio, I would recommend blocking those Author pages from indexing.
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  • Profile picture of the author abderrezak31
    No, that wil Duplicate your content, i mean google will find a post on your blog and a in the author page ! i read about that before and i recommend to avoid it !
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  • Profile picture of the author Gaus
    Hey! I'd leave Author and Category Archives set to no-index unless they provide real value.
    Author Pages: Index if you have multiple authors with strong EEAT profiles.
    Category Archives: Index if they're well-organized and useful for users.
    Otherwise, keeping them no-indexed avoids thin content and focuses on more valuable pages.
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