Internal links show strong on noindex sites
Many internal links to excluded pages can waste priority signals.
Many internal links to excluded pages can waste priority signals The error should never be rated in isolation. What matters is which URL group is affected and whether it creates a crawling, indexing, snippet, performance or quality problem.
The user task of the linked target decides
A contact form or internal search area can be important for users and still be deliberately not indexed. An internal link to it is then not an error just because of noindex. The situation is different if a central performance side is accidentally excluded.
Example: Recognizing the Result
Illustrative example: The main menu links to the shopping cart, which deliberately carries noindex. On the other hand, an advertised service page inadvertently carries the same specification.
Limit cause and implement correction
Arrange the landing pages by purpose and desired search visibility. In the event of an unintentional exclusion, correct the Robots rule; do not simply remove the helpful link. Then check important navigation paths. The number of links on noindex pages is a diagnostic indication, not a blanket requirement for deleting user functions.
What makes you recognize a suitable correction
Assess links according to user task and intention to publish. Check the exclusion on the performance side; do not remove the helpful shopping cart link to improve an error number.
Classification and boundaries
When is this indication not a clear error?
Internal links to deliberately non-indexable functions are normal and may be required for operability.
Internal links show strong on noindex pages after CMS and cause
Many audit messages can be resolved faster if they are grouped by system, page type and technical cause. CMS indentations are only linked where internal links point strongly on noindex pages has a clear cause or fixed route in the respective system.
For this error, there is currently no own CMS deepening, because the correction is usually not sufficiently system-specific. Take advantage of the general causes and checks on this page.
Frequent causes of this error
Related SEO Errors
Appropriate Seitenreport checks
This error should not be checked in isolation. The following tools and clusters help to narrow down the cause faster and to cleanly prioritize the affected URL groups.