Noindex/nofollow On All Cart/checkout Pages?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by nickjason, Feb 4, 2010.

  1. #1
    Hello,

    I read this article, Secure Pages, Shopping Carts and Duplicate Content, by Michael Gray in December. He wrote:

    Use a “noindex/nofollow” meta tag on all of your cart/checkout pages.

    But I'm wondering, can a search engine spider even get to these pages? Just like a spider can't fill out forms, and can't use a pull-down menu, the only way for a SE spider to get to these pages of my website is to add something to the cart. So, should I really be doing this?

    Thanks.
     
    nickjason, Feb 4, 2010 IP