Noindexed Pages with External Links Pointing to it: Does the juice still pass through?
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I have a site with many many pages that have very thin content, yet they are useful for users/visitors.
Those pages also have many external links pointing to them from reputable and authoritative websites.
If i were to noindex/follow these pages, will the juice/value from the external links still pass through just as if the page didn't have the noindex tag?
Please let me know!
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This post last year gives a good answer throughout. In summary yes it does but the edge gets taken off the link 'power', just as a 301 doesn't pass 100%
http://moz.com/community/q/noindex-follow-is-a-waste-of-link-juice
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