noindexing link rel="next" page/2/ and so on…….

[darren_c]

OK, with a widgetised homepage the rel=next function is just a nuisance since all it will do is create an exact copy of the original page. Nothing I do will remove this so I have resorted to disallowing '/page/*' in robots.txt

This is hardly an ideal situation so is there a way of adding 'noindex' to these 'pages' without resorting to using a bloated 'seo' plug-in?

I am thinking something like this:

add_action( 'wp_head', 'add_noindex' );
function add_noindex() {
if(is_archive()) {
echo '<meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow" />';
}
}   

Obviously this will only work for archive pages, but can it be modified to suit my needs?

[Brad Dalton]

You can easily noindex any page using the Genesis SEO settings.

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[darren_c]

Not when the pages are auto-generated.

[Brad Dalton]

How are you auto generating the pages?

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[darren_c]

I'm not, the pages are auto-generated when you follow the link. For example: Agency Pro Demo Site
http://demo.studiopress.com/agency/

#69 <link rel="next" href="http://demo.studiopress.com/agency/page/2/" />

generates:

http://demo.studiopress.com/agency/page/2/

which is just a duplicate of the original page. Thankfully page 2 links back to the original otherwise you would have an infinite number of duplicates to contend with.

#69 <link rel="prev" href="http://demo.studiopress.com/agency/" />

[Brad Dalton]

You can use the settings to noindex archive pages or use your code.

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[darren_c]

Thanks, I already knew this but I wasn't asking about noindexing archives.

[Brad Dalton]

I would try the is_paged() conditional tag.

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[darren_c]

OK, thanks.

This works and adds 'noindex,follow' to any pages after the first homepage

//* Noindex homepage rel=next page/2 etc
add_action( 'wp_head', 'add_noindex' );
function add_noindex() {
if(is_paged()) {
echo '<meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow" />';
}
}

It's not ideal, I'd really like these links not to be generated in the first place, but I think noindexing is a better solution than disallowing via robots.txt?

Thanks again

[Brad Dalton]

You can remove pagination.

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