Using noindex robots meta tag for duplicates

[sid560]

I set up some County pages that covered the cities in the county. Then Later came out with city pages for each city. So a duplicate problem since both are showing the in SERPs.

Can I use the NOINDEX tag on the County pages to correct this? Do using this tag band the County page forever or if I change my mind, can I remove the NOFOLLOW tag and bring the County page back.

It is no banned for six months is it?

[g1smd]

You can use noindex, and there is no reason to use nofollow.

[sid560]

So if I later remove the NOINDEX, the page will again be indexed. Is this correct?

[g1smd]

Yes, it will be reindexed within a few days to weeks.