Does a no-indexed parent page impact its child pages?

[BrianAlpert78]

If I have a page* in WordPress that is set as private and is no-indexed with Yoast, will that negatively affect the visibility of other pages that are set as children of that first page?

*The context is that I want to organize some of the pages on a business's WordPress site into silos/directories. For example, if the business was a home remodeling company, it'd be convenient to keep all the pages about bathrooms, kitchens, additions, basements, etc. bundled together under a "services" parent page (/services/kitchens/, /services/bathrooms/, etc.).

The thing is that the child pages will all be directly accessible from the menus, so there doesn't need to be anything on the parent /services/ page itself. Another such parent page/directory/category might be used to keep different photo gallery pages together (/galleries/kitchen-photos/, /galleries/bathroom-photos/, etc.).

So again, would it be safe for pages like /services/kitchens/ and /galleries/addition-photos/ if the /services/ and /galleries/ pages (but not /galleries/* or anything like that) are no-indexed?

Thanks!

[brianglassman]

Hi Brian,

Yoast's SEO plugin will apply the noindex tag to that unique _http://www.example.com/services/_ page URL. Subsequent pages that adopt that page as a parent will not be affected, so you'll be okay there from a technical standpoint.

"there doesn't need to be anything on the parent /services/ page itself"

Strategically, I think this is a missed opportunity for SEO and lead generation. Creating a top-level Services page is a great way to position your company well in search for search queries such as "home remodeling [city name]," highlight what services you offer and what sets you apart from the competition, support a better internal linking structure, and generate leads (CTAs, embedded forms, etc.).

-Brian