Should I no-index author pages?

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Waifu_tatyana

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I don't really have dedicated pages for each author so the author pages like site.com/author1 gets redirected to homepage. Yet Google kept indexing every new author/user page so I had to set them to no-index.
Besides, my author personas are not real.


All my authors are listed in a "meet our blog team" styled carousel block in the about us page.


Other than that, the articles have their respective author and bio listed in the sidebars with links to their LinkedIn and Facebook accounts (fake ones ofcourse, but I plan to work on them in the future to make them seem authoritative).

I also added no-index to my footer pages like about, contact, privacy policy, aff disclosure etc.


Will this harm my EEAT? My niche is not YMYL.
 
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Redirecting author pages to the homepage and setting them to "no-index" can impact your website's authorship signals and credibility. Instead, consider creating dedicated author pages, providing genuine social media profiles, and including author information within the article content to improve expertise and trustworthiness.
 
I wouldn't no index anything except the privacy policy
Just a suggestion
 
HustleTong said:
I wouldn't no index anything except the privacy policy
Just a suggestion
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Why no index privacy policy ?
Matt cuts from Google is asking to not no index, buy what do I know of ulterior motives of google employees and prs.
 
tattooedbuddha said:
Why no-index about and contact?
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I'm paranoid about Google figuring out that my author personas are not real and penalise me for impersonation.

My site's contact details (address and phone number) are fake too.
HustleTong said:
I wouldn't no index anything except the privacy policy
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Alright. Are your site authors real or fictional?
 
IM Dude said:
Why no index privacy policy ?
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Not sure who it was but probably Shaun Marrs. He said not to index unnecessary pages.
Only the homepage and content pages are enough.
The contact, about, privacy and disclaimer pages just needs to be on your site for AdSense approval.
 
Its better to get separate links. and indexes for all of your pages.
 
Waifu_tatyana said:
I'm paranoid about Google figuring out that my author personas are not real and penalise me for impersonation.
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The only way Google can figure out if your Authors are fake is if your site goes through a manual review by Google's quality rater team. And if that happens, no-index wouldn't block them from visiting those pages on your site (or from realizing that your profiles are fake).

Waifu_tatyana said:
Not sure who it was but probably Shaun Marrs. He said not to index unnecessary pages.
Only the homepage and content pages are enough.
The contact, about, privacy and disclaimer pages just needs to be on your site for AdSense approval.
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I personally don't think having these 4-5 pages indexed would cause any issues. When Shaun Marrs said that, he probably meant that you should keep unhelpful/unnecessary pages to a minimum. So I would rather spend time pruning my content and de-indexing any promotional pages or stuff like that which serve no purpose on the index (and have no chances of ranking).
 
It depends. If yours author's pages have content (bio, information) you shouldnt add noindex
 
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