Pages noindex'ed. Submit removal request too?
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We had a bunch of catalog pages "noindex,follow" 'ed. Now should we also submit removal request in WMT for these pages?
Thank you!
LL
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Yes, I would do the removal request. I've had pages where I've noindexed them and months later they are still in the index. Sometimes it takes AGES to get them removed unless you actually tell Google to do it via WMT.
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Understood. Yes, it's a bit of work (I just did over 550 removal requests myself), but I would proceed with removal requests. At least then you'll be able to see whether or not Google has actually removed them. Good luck!
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Yes they are in Google and are pretty thin content-wise. That's why we think it was the reason we've been Pandalized in August.
Need to de-index them ASAP.
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Hi LL,
This might be a stupid question on my part, but are your catalog pages actually in Google's index yet? If not, obviously wait and see if the bots respect your "no index" direction. If they don't and those pages end up indexed, then submit the removal requests. No need to go through all that work if they aren't there.
If they are already indexed, then yes, I would submit the removal request.
I just wasn't sure if this is a brand new site or if you are working to resolve existing issues on an older site.
Dana
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