Categories and Tags in Wordpress- SEO

by IJR112
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I was wondering if assigning categories and tags to your posts within Wordpress matter for SEO purposes? If so, what are some best practices to use with these to make sure your posts are optimized? Thanks.
#categories #seo #tags #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Categories are important, tags are overkill IMO.

    Make sure to have the proper canonical tags, to show which page you want ranked in Google SERPs.
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  • Profile picture of the author adamjcd
    IMO, it's always worth doing .. but there is a phrase that I think applies here .. "everything in moderation".

    I've tested over-use of tags in the past and I actually noticed improvements in my rankings after removing excessive tags from the site (I also removed tags from being included in my sitemap).

    However I didn't remove them completely when I tried this.

    This was pre-penguin but I think the same applies post-penguin.

    I'm not sure if anyone else has tried something similar themselves though.

    For categories, they're always worth while using.
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  • Profile picture of the author IJR112
    I see, I think I'll go with the categories and have just a couple of tags for each post. I assume the original post should be the canonical url?
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  • Profile picture of the author Abledragon
    Yes - the original post should be the canonical. And yes - categories and tags will improve the optimisation of a site if they're used with discipline, because they should enable people to find related articles and, ultimately, all articles on the site.

    I do noindex my tags but they are still 'follow', because I want the search engines to follow them to ensure they find all the articles.

    This article goes into some more detail:

    Optimise WordPress with Categories and Tags | WealthyDragon

    Cheers,

    Martin.
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