noindex of Events Archive and Calendar Events

[Daniel Palmer]

So I’ve read that there is, by default, a noindex set on the Events Calendar. What I can’t find is if the actual events are noindex’ed. Google Console has noticed, as my Yoast Site map is including both the archive and the actual events, but is being noindexed by the Calendar itself. I’ve found the snippet to remove the noindex, or I can turn off the Events Archive Yoast and re-generate the sitemap.

My first question is if I want to index the actual calendar events, should I do so knowing I have my calendar set to discard events older than 24 months? Is there any value one way or the other?

My second question is more along the lines of which should I do for the main calendar? I understand conceptually why the noindex is set by default. It’s just an archive of events that cycle through and eventually disappear. Are there any people in your support team with more knowledge of SEO than me to toss in a valid opinion? (I’m sure there are!).

Thanks so much!

[Victor]

Hi Daniel!

Thanks for getting in touch with us! Let me try to help you with this topic.

Let me first note that by default, we add a noindex tag for all month views and any other event views that are devoid of events. So not all calendar views will have a noidex tag added to them, but will depend if they have or not events in it.

You can disable the addition of noindex tag whatsoever with the following code:

add_filter( 'tribe_events_add_no_index_meta', '__return_false' );

Enabling it for all event views (including month views) is possible with the following:

add_filter( 'tribe_events_add_no_index_meta', '__return_true' );

If your concern about discarded events is about 404 errors for event URLs that no longer exist, we have an article that may be of help > https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/404_and_seo/

I hope that helps! Let me know if any follow up questions.

Best,
Victor

[Support Droid]

Hey there! This thread has been pretty quiet for the last three weeks, so we’re going to go ahead and close it to avoid confusion with other topics. If you’re still looking for help with this, please do open a new thread, reference this one and we’d be more than happy to continue the conversation over there.

Thanks so much!
The Events Calendar Support Team

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