My site auto-generates a tag page for every tag and I've got hundreds of them, most with one or two posts. The audit flagged a bunch of thin/low-value pages. Is noindexing the tag archives the right call, or am I about to shoot myself in the foot?
Generally yes, noindex the thin ones — hundreds of one-post tag pages dilute your crawl budget and can drag perceived site quality. But be surgical, not blanket:
If you're on WordPress, our companion plugin can apply noindex in bulk and the audit will re-verify on the next run. Re-run /full-site-audit afterward to confirm the thin-page count drops.
"Noindex, follow" is the nuance I was missing — I was about to nofollow them too and lose the internal linking. Consolidating tags as well. Thank you.
