Blog Tags

Discussion in 'WordPress' started by Lanarkshire IT Services, May 29, 2008.

  1. #1
    hi all

    im new to blogging and am unsure of some of the terminology.

    so what are tags and how will they affect / benefit my blog?

    cheers
     
    Lanarkshire IT Services, May 29, 2008 IP
  2. mizaks

    mizaks Well-Known Member

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    Tags are another way to relate content with other content.
     
    mizaks, May 29, 2008 IP
  3. UseShots

    UseShots Peon

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    #3
    Here is a good FAQ "The difference between tags and categories".
    http://faq.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/the-difference-between-tags-and-categories/

    It talks about what tags are and how to use them
    "...They are free form words and generally describe your post in more detail."
     
    UseShots, May 29, 2008 IP
  4. godsofchaos

    godsofchaos Peon

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    Tags are like smaller parts of categories. Example, my category is Nokia Themes and my tags can be and are N95 Themes, N81 Themes, N80 Themes etc. All these are like subsets of my Nokia Themes Category which is a bigger, more generalized term. It helps you to spread your blog in the search engines because most search engines use that to categorize their incoming content. Also, it can act as your default Meta Tags to search engines :)
     
    godsofchaos, May 30, 2008 IP
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    well i would say it is More effective .. from my point of Views ;) Tags are just small CLusters of Words Which is easier to navigate from.
     
    ToP_Designer, May 31, 2008 IP
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    Ajucoolest Well-Known Member

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    Tags are a feature of Wordpress 2.3 and above. This has been created to make your blog posts more and more content related.
     
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    True. But even you can use del.icio.us :p to create a TAg

    Between you just went Off the Topic. as the topic starter Asked something else. isnt :(
     
    ToP_Designer, May 31, 2008 IP