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If I don't specify a robots meta tag in the head of the document, the defaults are:
<meta name="robots" content="index,follow">
My question is, if I only specify "noindex", is the default still "follow"? So if I specify this below, is the default still follow?
<meta name="robots" content="noindex">
Thanks!
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Robots meta directives (sometimes called "meta tags") are pieces of code that provide crawlers instructions for how to crawl or index web page content.
The noindex and nofollow values are the two most-used values used in the meta robots tag. However, the other values listed above also have SEO value: NoImageIndex: This instructs search engines to not crawl the images on a page.
Robots. txt files are best for disallowing a whole section of a site, such as a category whereas a meta tag is more efficient at disallowing single files and pages. You could choose to use both a meta robots tag and a robots.
Yes, by only specifying the noindex, it will still be follow. More information can be found [here]{https://developers.google.com/webmasters/control-crawl-index/docs/robots_meta_tag}
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While "noindex" would be the same as "noindex,follow", it is important to note, that a long-term noindex will lead to "noindex,nofollow"; regardless of the specified follow-value. Although this is only valid for Google, i guess this is not what you intend.
some source: https://blog.seoprofiler.com/google-noindexfollow-noindexnofollow-long-run/ (or just google for "long term noindex"
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