Noindex a whole blog category or individual blog posts?

Hello all- I need to "noindex" 75-100 very old thin content blog posts. I think they're hurting vs helping me at this point. Do I need to do a noindex code block on every one of these pages or is there a way to noindex a whole blog category (like if I put all of these under "archive"). Or am I missing something completely?

Hi @ChelseaBPhoto,

I'm happy to help. I understand your concern. Below, I've added a few methods in the below that might be helpful:

• If all the old posts belong to a single category, you can hide (noindex tag) the entire category from search results.
  • Open your website > Click blog settings > Click SEO > 
  • Hide from search engine result > All pages in this collection.
  • For a better understanding, you can check this screenshot: https://prnt.sc/SCcsL9JhlCTK. 
• For individual pages, you can manually add a "no index" tag.
  • Navigate to each blog post.
  • Click on the SEO tab in the page settings.
  • Toggle the "Hide page from search results" option.
  • For a better understanding, you can check this screenshot: https://prnt.sc/Zn1-ZpLCecKC. 
• Please note that the code injection method, which involves adding <meta name= "robots" content= "noindex">, is available in Business and Commerce plans.
  • Code: <meta name="robots" content="noindex">
  • Resources: Exclude a specific page from search results

I hope these methods are helpful. If you have any further questions, please feel free to ask.

Thanks,
Sadul Sifat.