[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #52457: WordPress vulnerable to search-reflected webspam

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Tue May 4 13:52:00 UTC 2021


#52457: WordPress vulnerable to search-reflected webspam
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 Reporter:  abagtcs                   |       Owner:  peterwilsoncc
     Type:  task (blessed)            |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal                    |   Milestone:  5.7
Component:  General                   |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                    |  Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests  |     Focuses:  template
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Comment (by jonoaldersonwp):

 Replying to [comment:22 matt]:
 > Should we noindex on all search results, or just ones that return zero
 posts?

 All. Search results are almost always low value/utility from an SEO (and
 user) perspective, and often heavily duplicate existing taxonomy pages.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/52457#comment:23>
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