Should I add "NOFOLLOW" on the keyword tags part for my articles?

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to prevent "thin pages"?

example:
Article About Electric Cars #1

Tags:
Elon Musk, Tesla, Lithium Batteries, Car, Sedan << should all this just be NOFOLOW

example #2:
Article About Tesla

Tags:
Elon Musk, Tesla, Lithium Batteries, Car, Stock << should all this just be NOFOLLOW except "Elon Musk"?

I am not sure anymore..
 
that is why i am asking here, i'd like to avoid any penalties, or thin pages,
 
I see that you want to know if you should add no-follow tag to these tag pages. But I think it is not necessary to add no-follow. Leave it as it is and you should be fine.
 
tags are simply words on your website that help people navigate your site better, or to find content that they're interested in, and they're particularly useful on large sites, although... I just checked webmd.com (that's the 1st large content site that came to mind) and I see that they don't have tags on their pages, so apparently they're not that important after all :)

Truth being told, if you'll pre-plan and structure your site properly tags won't be needed.... but anyway, I digress...

The point is that I never nofollow'd tags on my sites, but I always noindex'd them because I don't want the tag pages showing up in google. If you obsess over where each milliliter of link juice goes on your site you can nofollow and noindex the tags, otherwise just noindex them and you'll be fine
 
i am just paranoid about lets say i have a video page about LEMONs

so
VIDEO TITLE: LEMON
tags: Lemon, yellow, fruit, lemonaid, small (hyperlink will look like domain.com/search/<<keyword>>)

VIDEO TITLE: APPLES
tags: Apples, red, fruit, small, applejuice (hyperlink will look like domain.com/search/<<keyword>>)

So basically, a simple 1 word "TAG" seems to create easily "SPAMMY" results page with the same recycled over and over.

my problem or fear is, google might see this as "THIN PAGES" and flag your site or some crap like that..

BUT!! THIS IS GOOD FOR THE USERS!

What do you guys think? thanks

So that is why i am just thinking maybe..just MAYBE no follow is solution?
 
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