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Wordpress blog tags/categories/title vs All In One SEO or similar

by Liam Hamer
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I hope I can explain this properly, here goes - when you add a new post/entry to a Wordpress blog it obviously asks you what categories and tags you want to use for that post/entry. This determines how people find it from within Wordpress itself. On top of this, a lot of people(myself included) use SEO plugins such as All In One SEO for their posts/entries.

My question is this - in terms of indexing/caching by google and others SE's, do the actual categories and tags matter? Does the keywords you input in All In One SEO or whatever override them? Or do they work together for the SE's? Can you put in a completely different set of keywords and description into All In One SEO than you have for the actual post/entry itself? I really hope I've explained this properly I've decided to go back and edit a lot of my keywords because what I have at the moment isn't really enough to compete in the search engines, so I want to know the best ways of going about optimizing my onpage SEO.
#blog #seo #similar #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author Kevin Lam
    BIGGGG YES! Some of my keyword rankings are actually the tags or categories I use for my posts. It's imperative that you utilize this tool to the max. It's better that whatever tags you use is mentioned on that particular page or at least in your page title and description.
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    • Profile picture of the author Liam Hamer
      Originally Posted by Kevin Lam View Post

      BIGGGG YES! Some of my keyword rankings are actually the tags or categories I use for my posts. It's imperative that you utilize this tool to the max. It's better that whatever tags you use is mentioned on that particular page or at least in your page title and description.
      I see, many thanks Kevin I've got some work ahead of me. Although what I have in All In One SEO for each post is pretty much the same as the title/categories/tags/content of those posts, all of those factors aren't really optimized for keywords that are going to get me ranked higher.

      My next question, even though some of my entries are about a different subject in the particular niche, should I have a common set of maybe 3 or 4 keywords/categories/tags for every post? This way, I can really concentrate on ranking for those particular keywords?
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  • Profile picture of the author Kevin Lam
    Yes, you should. Hopefully, your common 3-4 keywords is mentioned throughout your page title anyway.
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    • Profile picture of the author Liam Hamer
      Originally Posted by Kevin Lam View Post

      Yes, you should. Hopefully, your common 3-4 keywords is mentioned throughout your page title anyway.
      You mean the post titles? Some of them do, some of them don't I'm prepared to go back and alter them though
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  • Profile picture of the author Kevin Lam
    Right and the description. Every little bit is going to help you further down the road.
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  • Profile picture of the author Goatboy
    Is the description you enter in All-in-one SEO the description that Google displays when it lists your site on the search page?
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  • Profile picture of the author Abledragon
    GoatBoy, hi,

    The answer to your question is 'yes'.

    Crubalo and Kevin,

    I think I look at tags, categories and keywords slightly differently...

    I look at Categories and Tags as navigational aids. Another description would be as a filing system. The way I use them is to link together articles on the same theme (categories) or the same specific subject (tags).

    This helps both people and the search engines to find their way around my site.

    I use the keywords in my All-in-one-SEO pack as the hooks to help attract outside searchers, along with the Title and Description fields.

    Sometimes the keywords overlap with Categories and/or tags - sometimes not.

    But certainly the keywords are in sync with the title and description and with the post content.

    We may be saying the same thing - if we are I apologise for the confusion!

    Cheers,

    Martin.
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