(Entry was posted by Andras Radics on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 08/19/2021).

Is it best to leave them as is or hide them?

If a site has lots of posts that are already indexed but protected by membership, is it best to leave them as is or hide them? TIA

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YOUR ANSWERS

Selected answers from the Dumb SEO Questions Facebook & G+ community.

Richard Hearne: Can you please define "protected" in terms of what happens when non-registered/Googlebot requests come through?
Andras Radics: Richard Hearne Hi Richard, They are presented with a page simple page asked them to log in or purchase a membership.
Richard Hearne: I think over time you`ll see these pages fall out of Google`s index, or at least not rank. I don`t think you need to do anything here, but you may want to re-appraise your gating strategy - could you provide some content that might deliver traffic/conversions on these pages? A simple login/register page may not be best for business.

The other question - if I come from a search result do you present the login on the same URL, or redirect me somehow?
Andras Radics: same URL you dont get a redirect