What to Index?
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We are using wordpress and seo plugin from yoast. We have set indexed all the posts, but not categories or tags in order to avoid a duplicate as those categories contain the posts.
My question is, is it possible to set for index rather the categories and then set posts non-index? Would be then posts in categories still index?
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If having them there makes it easier for your visitors to navigate your site, it is not a problem.
Always remember, your visitors are what make you money, NOT the search engines. Make a good experience for your visitors while paying attention second to search engines and your site will do just fine.
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Thank you very much Kade, that makes sense. But is it nt a problem for me that I have these categories in the main menu of the website?
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I would leave the posts as indexed. This is the true residing place of your content. Categories are there to help your visitors to find the indexed content. If you don't index your content, your users will have to click multiple times to discover the content when visiting from a search engine.
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