Programmatic SEO with Medium Tag Hubs (Done Ethically)

Thousands of long-tail tags carry real intent. tag info + archived_articles + related_tags let you ship hubs that help readers—not thin spam.

Tool outcome: Static generator script that builds /topics/{slug}/index.html for your top 50 tags.

Stack

1. Seed slugs from /root_tags and keyword search.
2. For each tag: stats from /tag/{tag}, feed from /latestposts/{tag} or topfeeds.
3. Paginate depth with /archived_articles/{tag}.
4. Internal links via /related_tags/{tag}.

Page builder sketch

const API = 'https://api.zenndra.com';
const headers = { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.ZENNDRA_API_KEY}` };

async function buildTagHub(tag) {
  const [info, archive, related] = await Promise.all([
    fetch(`${API}/tag/${encodeURIComponent(tag)}`, { headers }).then((r) => r.json()),
    fetch(`${API}/archived_articles/${encodeURIComponent(tag)}`, { headers }).then((r) => r.json()),
    fetch(`${API}/related_tags/${encodeURIComponent(tag)}`, { headers }).then((r) => r.json()),
  ]);

  return {
    tag,
    title: `Articles about ${info.name ?? tag}`,
    stats: {
      followers: info.followers_count,
      stories: info.posts_count,
    },
    articles: archive.articles ?? [],
    relatedTags: related.tags ?? [],
    intro: writeHumanIntro(tag, info), // YOU write this template once
  };
}

writeHumanIntro is where ethics live: one paragraph explaining why this topic matters, not keyword stuffing.

Avoid penalties

Google still punishes thin duplicate pages. Add:

• Real editorial intro (even 80 words helps).
• Stats readers cannot get elsewhere easily.
• Clear attribution links to Medium originals.
• noindex on ultra-low-value slugs until you improve them.

Read Google helpful content guidance.

Link graph

/topics/javascript → related: react, node, typescript

Crawl paths matter as much as keywords.

Keywords

medium tag seo, programmatic seo medium, topic hub generator, medium archived articles api, long tail topic pages.

Further reading

• build topic trending pages for tabbed Hot/New UI
• Zenndra: Medium tag pages for programmatic SEO