We are adding an ecommerce feature to our site. noindex the order. subdomain?
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our site currently consists of directory listings for different stores but we will now be adding an ecommerce feature to our site. people from the main site will be able to click a button that will direct you to the orders. subdomain.
we are thinking about noindexing the subdomain as i can't find any use cases in organic searches for this new orders. subdomain. What is the current best practice for this type of situation and will noindexing the orders. subdomain harm us in anyway?
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Hi imjonny123,
Yes thanks, hope your doing well too. if you have the same content you have already on the main domain, no issues in using noindex and you will avoid duplicate content issues at the same time.
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Hey Ramon,
I hope your day is going well. Essentially, the orders subdomain will have the same content as the main domain. Same menu items, same NAP, same about us for that specific listing. Only differentiating content will be some text regarding deliveries.
The main website will have an orders button that will direct them to the orders subdomain.
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hi imjonny123,
So what other kind of content would be on the order. subdomain besides the cart?
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Well, it's not just the cart sections, but the action orders. subdomain that we would no index.
we do have the listing items/products already listed on the main page so that is why we are thinking of creating a no index for this new subdomain and just optimize for the ecommerce keywords (ex: delivery, pickup, etc.) on the main listing page.
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