# Recommendations

After running an [analysis](analysis.md), RankWiz generates actionable recommendations for pages that lost traffic. Each recommendation identifies a specific issue and suggests a course of action.

## Recommendation Types

### Noindex

**When:** A page lost 80% or more of its traffic AND has a click-through rate below 1%.

**What it means:** The page is taking up crawl budget and index space without contributing meaningful traffic. Consider adding a `noindex` meta tag to remove it from search results.

**Action:** Manual — add `<meta name="robots" content="noindex">` to the page, or use your SEO plugin's settings to mark it as noindex.

### Content Rewrite

**When:** A page lost between 20% and 80% of its traffic AND previously received at least 50 clicks.

**What it means:** The page still has potential but its content may be outdated, poorly targeted, or less competitive than it was. Rewriting the content could recover lost traffic.

**Action:** You can generate an AI-powered content draft. See [AI Content Drafts](ai-drafts.md).

## Reading a Recommendation

Each recommendation card shows:

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| **Title** | A summary of the issue (e.g., "Consider removing low-performing page from index") |
| **Action type** | Noindex or Content Rewrite |
| **Impact score** | 0-100 estimate of potential traffic recovery |
| **Confidence** | 0-100% certainty that this recommendation is correct |
| **Reasoning** | Why this recommendation was generated |
| **Evidence** | Click "View evidence" to see the supporting metrics (clicks before/after, position, CTR) |

## Filtering

Use the filter bar to show:

- **All** recommendations
- **Noindex** recommendations only
- **Content Rewrite** recommendations only

The filter persists as you navigate between pages.

## Pagination

Recommendations are displayed 15 per page. Use the pagination controls at the bottom to navigate.

## Generating AI Drafts

For content rewrite recommendations, you can generate AI-powered drafts:

- **Single draft:** Click **Generate Draft** on an individual recommendation
- **Batch generation:** Click **Generate All Drafts** to queue drafts for all content rewrite recommendations at once (up to 50 per batch)

Both require a valid OpenAI API key. See [AI Content Drafts](ai-drafts.md) for setup and details.