Official statement
Having no-index pages does not affect the crawling ability of the rest of the site, unless millions of pages need to be crawled to discover the indexable pages. The ratio of indexable to non-indexable pages is only important for technical volume reasons.
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TL;DR
No-index pages do not impact the site's crawling unless there is a massive volume. The ratio of indexable to non-indexable pages is mainly significant on larger sites. This has technical implications only in certain contexts.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Les pages no-index consomment-elles le budget crawl ?
Non, sauf si leur volume devient massivement élevé.
Un site moyen doit-il s'inquiéter des pages no-index ?
Pas particulièrement, concentrez-vous sur une bonne architecture et un contenu pertinent.
Quelle est la taille concernée par 'massif' ?
Google ne précise pas de chiffre exact, c'est contextuel.
Les pages no-index peuvent-elles nuire à l'indexation d'autres pages ?
Seulement dans des cas extrêmes de volume très élevé.
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