Does Archive pages help in indexation of the site?

[InformMedia]

Hello,

we have an argue internally regarding if we should keep the archive pages on a news site or not.

Pro

• Archive pages help indexation of the news. although not all of us are sure about this.

Con

• archive pages receive from none to little traffic

• archive pages are source of duplicate content, duplicate titles  - which we can manage some how but does it worth?

What is your opinion on this topic, should we keep it or not?

thanks,

Irina

[ChrisHolgate]

I think it's often considered to be good practice to keep archive pages (not only from a cralwer perspective but also as they could also be useful to an end user) but in order to avoid duplicate content just 'noindex, follow' the pages in the meta.

[TammyWood]

The duplicate content issue is more of a negative than a positive in regards to creating a larger indexation rate. If these are useful to the user and build the relevancy of your site structure and content, add the "noindex, follow"- like Chris Holgate said.