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What are WordPress Tags? What do they do?<\/strong><\/p>\n

These little tags that you add to your blog posts are used by All in One SEO<\/a> and the search engines as the keyword phrases of your post.\u00a0 They basically say what your post is about.\u00a0 They also help search engines to find your posts.<\/p>\n

Does this mean the more tags I have the better?<\/strong><\/p>\n

No, you don\u2019t want to put any irrelevant tags on your posts. In fact, Google will lower your rating if you put irrelevant tags on your posts.\u00a0 I would recommend about 5 targeted tags that have to do with that particular post.<\/p>\n

You’ll want to include the obvious keywords that pertain to your post as a tag.\u00a0 Also include other keywords that people might use when looking for a post like the one you are writing.\u00a0 For instance, this post is about “tags” and “categories” and one might look for “keyword phrases” as well.\u00a0 Be sure to use synonyms for your tags as well.\u00a0 Using 5 tags for each post should be plenty.<\/p>\n

Keep in mind who your target audience is.\u00a0 If it’s geographically specific, you could potentially corner the market in terms of having a top search result for that topic.\u00a0 For instance, “small business owners” or “small business owners in Las Vegas, NV” would attract a different set of readers.<\/p>\n

How do I pick my categories?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Categories are the broad topics that you would use to classify your posts.\u00a0 Several posts should fit in each category.\u00a0 Find the highest searched related keywords to give you a start on your categories.\u00a0 You can see the highest searched keywords by looking at your Google Analytics reports.<\/p>\n

Since the categories are broad topics, it is possible to have one post that fits in several categories.\u00a0 You don’t have to have a post for each category; however, you can have several categories for each post.\u00a0 It is acceptable to have only one post for a single category.<\/p>\n

Your categories should be 2-3 words long at the most.<\/p>\n

How many categories should I have on a blog?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I would recommend about 5 \u2013 10 categories depending on how many sub-topics you can go into on your blog that still fit with your main blog phrase.<\/p>\n

In general, tags can be specific and categories are designed to be general yet relevant to your post.<\/p>\n

Here’s a tip:\u00a0 Since I use both tags and All In One SEO on my blog posts, I had to find an easier way to include my keywords without typing everything twice.\u00a0 The tag area likes to put an “X” between each entry.\u00a0 So I use Notepad ++<\/a> to do a search and replace to turn the X’s into commas and then copy and paste into All In One SEO.\u00a0 It’s just a small task but it does cut down on some time as I’m not always the best typist in the world.\u00a0 By the way, Notepad++<\/a> is a free application.\u00a0 I love free, don’t you?<\/p>\n

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