Statement
Category listing pages shall be indexable by default. Tag listing pages shall be configurable, defaulting to not indexed. Tag pages shall exist regardless of indexability and shall emit noindex directives rather than returning 404.
Rationale
Categories represent primary taxonomy and benefit from indexing. Tag pages are often thin-content and should default to noindex to avoid SEO penalties, but must still resolve to valid pages to prevent broken links.
Topics
Owner: content-authoring
Related: seo-metadata
Applies To
- Content Collections DOC-00005