In short. Choose archive exclusion in the blog page's SEO settings and leave All pages in this collection unchecked to keep the exclusion scoped to archives.
Definition: A Squarespace blog tag archive lists posts with a particular tag. As of October 2026, its search exclusion controls are in the blog page's SEO settings.
Key facts
- Squarespace's blog tags and categories guide documents static archive exclusion from search and removal from the sitemap.
- Squarespace's search exclusion documentation warns that adding a noindex tag manually to a blog collection also hides its posts.
- Google's noindex documentation requires a page to remain accessible to its crawler so that the indexing exclusion rule can be read.
Where are the archive settings?
Squarespace's archive guide places these controls in the parent blog page's settings. The documented procedure is to open that page's settings, select the SEO tab, and choose the archive settings in Hide from search engines. For archive-only exclusion, leave All pages in this collection unchecked.
The guide gives this static tag archive URL as an example:
examplesite.com/blog/tag/labradoodle
The documented hiding procedure covers static archive URLs. Tags and categories are visible by default.
What happens if the whole blog is excluded?
The blog landing page and its posts fall within All pages in this collection. Squarespace's general exclusion guide also says that adding a noindex tag through a collection page's header code injection affects its collection items.
A noindex rule instructs supporting search engines to exclude a page from their index. The guide shows this HTML tag for manual exclusion:
<meta name="robots" content="noindex">
That collection-wide code has a broader scope than the archive settings. The same documentation says search exclusion leaves content available to visitors and leaves pages eligible for the site's own search.
How can the result be checked?
Google's noindex troubleshooting instructions recommend the URL Inspection tool in Search Console to examine the HTML Googlebot receives. Googlebot is Google's web crawler. An archive URL is the relevant inspection target when checking archive exclusion.
The Page Indexing report can also monitor pages where Google extracts a noindex rule. A robots.txt file, which controls crawler access, must allow Google to fetch the page and read that rule. Google says revisiting a page can take months and provides a recrawl request through URL Inspection.
Related terms
- noindex
- How do I hide a Squarespace page from search results?
- Does hiding a Squarespace page remove it from the sitemap?
FAQ
Can I keep my posts searchable while hiding tag archives?
Squarespace's archive guide says All pages in this collection also excludes the landing page and posts. Leave it unchecked for archive-only exclusion.
Will the archive disappear from Google immediately?
Google needs to crawl the page after the rule changes. Its noindex guide recommends URL Inspection for checking the rule and requesting a recrawl.
Sources
- Squarespace, "Hiding your site from search results", 22 May 2026
- Squarespace, "How blog tags and categories appear in search", 14 August 2025
- Google Search Central, "Block Search indexing with noindex", 10 December 2025
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