If you’ve been wondering about WordPress tags and how to use them, then browse over to Ninja Blog Setup where Jon Symons has a free ebook on What Every Blogger Ought to Know About Tags.
Summary:
- WordPress Tags are not the same as WordPress Categories
- Tag the nouns in your WordPress blog posts
- Tag non-textual elements
- Don’t over tag
- Tagging provides more routes into your content
- Tagging will pull in more readers from search engines
Jon has four free videos you can watch at his blog to help you get started using WordPress Tags:
- Video One: Add Tags to Your Posts
- Video Two: Have Tags Show Up on Your Posts
- Video Three: Add Tags to Your Site Using Sidebar Widgets
- Video Four: Add Tag Pages to your Sitemap
Now on to tagging those previous posts I haven’t tagged.
Thanks a lot for mentioning my report…nice job on the tags 🙂
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Thanks for the report and stopping by. We’re all trying to rank for your name now Jon. 🙂
Bill,
I am of the opinion that over tagging is actually totally counterproductive. Is there any evidence it is being measured and tracked along with everything else by the Big G?
I am keen to know as I suspect I might have to go back and look at few early posts to my blog.
Kind Regards,
Chris
Chris Rigby » Here’s my thoughts on tags today:
1. If I started a blog/website from scratch and I was the only person managing that site, I probably wouldn’t use tags at all. They are difficult to manage if you’re doing things by your self. I would have a “tag plan” in place too.
2. If I were to use tags, and I definitely have some cleaning up to do myself, I would make sure they are used for navigation purposes to humans visiting my websites. Ultimately answering the questions, “Does this tag provide value to my visitors?” Tags are a great way to take visitors to a page about a more specific topic related to what you’re writing about, which keeps visitors at your site longer. But, I only want search bots to see one way to a page, making sure I don’t confuse search engines or humans. So I would make sure a tag page about a topic is not indexed but followed by the bots, therefore using the noindex/follow tag. I know, complicated. That’s another reason not to use tags when you’re the only person managing a site or multiple sites.
I think that’s about it for now. Tags can be a long discussion and can be complicated but useful.
Thanks for your response. I like the idea of using Tags as what they were designed for – ie signposts for your visitors.
Thanks
Thanks for sharing with us the ebook. We could all use some more information about WordPress tags indeed. Appreciate it!
Thanks for the information. The article is pretty old but still very relevant.