SEO for Categories, noindex, nofollow, etc

Hi there,

I have got some categories that I use to categorise items. These categories are hidden in the actual website.

I have also got some categories that I have a menu linked to...

So the ones that are hidden on the website are indexed by google. I just changed the setting to no index no follow for that "hidden category". Is this enough to make them disappear from the results?

I am not sure what else I should do to optimise those hidden categories?

If I go to the settings of each hidden category, does that mean it only applies to that category view?

I have got some items in that hidden category and I want them to be indexed.

By unindexing those hidden categories, should I worry about the items under those hidden categories? Do i need to individually set them index, follow so that they are indexed properly? or use global would be enough for each item under hidden category?
thank you.

Hello

this is not a FLEXIcontent question, , anyway:

Don’t index, but follow links.
<meta name="robots" content="noindex">


Don’t index and don’t follow links.
<meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow">


-- So please set your category to "noindex" and do not use:
"noindex, nofollow"