Is it worth spending time on creating tags and categories?



techguy from Las Vegas, NV asks: “In a blog, is it worth spending time creating tags and categories for SEO purposes?”

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21 thoughts on “Is it worth spending time on creating tags and categories?”

  1. People Tell me please one thing:
    If i have categories and sub categories on my shop
    Which quantity of categories i need to select for product ?

    lets say the product can be in 5 categories(including sub categories): should i choose all 5 ?
    Thank you all 😉

  2. So basically, he's saying don't use tags because people do it wrong. Too many of them and repeating phrases already in the post. But if you use variations of the phrases in the post like the singular used in the post and the plural in the tag or vice versa and no more than 5 tags, 3 even better. Use them right and it's okay. IMHO.

  3. Question: I have stuffed alot of my posts with tags, like, cookies, cookie recipe, best cookie recipe. I know I have made a boo-boo. Do you recommend that I go in and take all the tags out?
    Do you think the tag stuffing has hurt my site in google rankings?

  4. I disagree a bit. If you're tags are marked with rel="tag" for technorati or what not, it could help drive *some* traffic to your site, though that's not exactly SEO, it's more link building. Your ROI for that will depend on a lot of factors.

  5. Correct – for internal navigation tags are really good to have (related posts). On the other hand I dont't see users clicking on tags to find content too often…OK, seldomly…OKOK, never. Period. 😉

  6. What about words that relate to the content but do not show on the article body, like a post with a video on it. In this case does tags help?
    Very good and helpful video. Great question, Great Answer.

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