Wordpress Seo question: Google indexed my tags?

by bodmov
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I'm new to wordpress, so please help me.I've recently started a new blog.I notices that Google rank my tags, not my posts.What should I do?I've hurt that I can use Yoast to change the indexing.Please tell me what should I do.Should I change something?Should I deep link my internal posts or my tags?Is this a problem with duplicate content.I personally think it is not a problem because Google team are smart enough to allow quality blogs to be dropped that way (what about great blogs that are not made by SEO experts?).What do you think?
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  • Profile picture of the author IM nice guy
    I wouldn't worry too much about that. I assume you have only just started building/promoting the site?

    Basically just start working on promoting the pages you want to rank (naturally using good SEO and link sources) and over time your promotion will pay off.

    I think google usually just indexes tag "pages" or tag archives more quickly than your other content, that's pretty much it.

    So basically, keep moving forward with your promotion.
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  • Profile picture of the author BookMarc
    you might find it surprising but i sometimes link to tags from within my article content...
    personally, i would let google run wild on the site and index whatever its sees fit.
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    • Profile picture of the author kaytav
      Originally Posted by BookMarc View Post

      you might find it surprising but i sometimes link to tags from within my article content...
      personally, i would let google run wild on the site and index whatever its sees fit.
      Even I link to the tags sometimes if I find it relevant. I can say that Google will give preference to your posts. You will just have to be a bit patient and do natural link building for your blog.
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      • Profile picture of the author GeorgR.
        Originally Posted by kaytav View Post

        I can say that Google will give preference to your posts.
        I had posts ranking based on KWs I used for tags. Using tags can be VERY powerful, just don't "spam-stuff" your posts with redundant tags.
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  • Profile picture of the author sheldonlobo
    If you want your post come in first priority than my suggsetion for you to noindex tags by adding yoast or all in one seo plugin.
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  • Profile picture of the author GeorgR.
    On Wordpress, there are several kinds of archive pages, for your tags AND for your categories. (There are more, eg. calendar pages with posts sorted by date etc..etc..)

    It depends on your site and the structure what you want to have indexed. If a site has only two or three categories, it makes sense to let TAGS be indexed and not the categories. (Assuming you are actually also making good use of your tags on posts).

    In your SEO plugin, you usually have the options to tick/untick WHAT archive pages you want to have indexed. Here, as a simple rule, only tick ONE (either tags, OR categories) but do not let Google index both.

    The *actual* archive pages (tags and/or categories) should contain your posts but ONLY as excerpts. Eg. a short snippet and then a link "read more" to the actual posts. (Because if you tag and/or category pages have the FULL content you will run into duplicate content issues).

    As for All-In-One or whatever else SEO plugin, use default settings and then check the category/tag index settings and make sure that only ONE is checked. The fact that it looks as if your actual posts "are not getting indexed" is probably due to that Google sees dupe content on your tag archive pages, and now has trouble to find out where the actual content is, therefore displaying your tag pages instead of the actual posts. This is why you should never have full duplicate posts, always only have excerpts on your archive pages.
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