What i need to do with category that haven't products

I have Ecommerce website and filters
now - when i have combinations of filters that have no results - the page status is 200
meta robots = index
canonical = perent caninical

is that right?
What is the best practice for category pages that dont have offeres now but may have offers in the future


For example:

/laptops?brand=dell&ram=64gb
or:
/apartments/aaa?rooms=6
Currently there are no results, but there could be in the future.

On the other hand, there are also clearly “garbage” combinations that realistically should never exist:
/tv?brand=nokia&oled=true&size=12

For filter combinations that might have products in future (like Dell laptops with 64GB RAM), keep the canonical pointing to parent category, set meta robots to noindex for now, and switch to index only when products actually exist. Returning 200 with index on empty pages wastes crawl budget and can hurt rankings.
For garbage combinations that will never make sense (like 12 inch Nokia OLED TV), either return a 404 or use noindex plus canonical to parent permanently. Do not let Google crawl and index these at all.
Simple rule: no products now but possible later = noindex + parent canonical. Never valid = 404 or noindex permanently.

Google still ranks empty pages and I have a few posts that had no content but show up in the first page of search results. However, it's better to avoid them as it's thin content and can damage your SEO. Keep them to noindex for now and make them indexable when you publish products in these categories.

Keep real empty pages live with canonical, garbage combos get 404 or noindex.

Your current setup is a seo nightmare waiting to happen, especially with those zero-result filter combinations; you're basically creating a bunch of useless pages that google will eventually hate. Implement a 404 response for non-existent product combinations, or redirect them to a relevant category page, and maybe actually think about user experience for once

For valid filter combinations that may have products later, use:

• 200 status
• noindex, follow
• canonical to the parent category

Example: /laptops?brand=dell&ram=64gb

For unrealistic or useless combinations, return 404 to avoid crawl waste. Example: /tv?brand=nokia&oled=true&size=12

For filter combos with no current results but could appear later, it’s usually fine to keep them indexable (200, canonical to parent, meta robots=index)—just make sure the page shows a friendly “No results yet” message and maybe links back to main categories.

For garbage combos that will never exist, it’s better to 404/410 or noindex them—no point wasting crawl budget or confusing Google.

Basically: temporary empty = keep, impossible = block. Simple and SEO-friendly.

for temporary empty filter pages i would keep them crawlable only if real demand exists and noindex clear garbage combinations