Tags, how many is too many and why?

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Hi, everyone

I have had a few questions on whether there is a limit to how many tags to use per post and if so why?

I did a bit of research on this and I found this discussion in the Wordpress Blog.

https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-many-tag...

For those of you who may not know what tags are and how to use them I will refer you to my fellow colleague Nathaniell

https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/what-are-...

Feel free to discuss this in the comments!

Shawn>>

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Thanks Shawn very clear:)

:)

To answer the question, I typically use 3 or 4 tags - but I use tags primarily to help me focus on the structure of the site.

It's entirely too easy to create an internal linking structure that simply sends site visitors from page to related page - which is kinda good. I say "kinda good" because random internal linking may help build trust, but it doesn't get the job done when it comes to moving them further along the funnel - and to conversion.

Still working on that!

Dennis

great plan :)

I thought I remembered Jay saying in a webinar recently, that we didn't need tags at all any longer. Does anyone else remember that?

I missed that one. Hope he chimes in on the conversation :)

Thank you, Shawn.

Of course!

Thank you for sharing this information

Glad to spread the word :)

The the conclusion seems to be just 5 to 12 relevant tags, right?

Looks like those are the magical numbers.

Thanks for the link. Very informative and lets me know I may actually be under-tagging.

Yeppers

Thanks for the link Shawn. It clears up several things for me about tags. I've always tried to KISS (keep it super simple) when it comes to using tags.
Thanks again........... Tom :)

Likewise and you arer welcome :)

Same here. I only use 2 per post and from a list that gets reused.

That is what I was taught 3 years ago.

I was taught that just 3 months ago.

So you and I agree that two per post is our number. Does anyone want to add any comments on this number? :)

Thanks for sharing. Can you please clarify what exactly is meant by tags?

Here you go, this will help

Thanks. That is what I thought it was, but I didn't know if this also referred to alt tags for pictures.

Shawn, thank you for sharing. I too have thought about how many to use and have seen all extremes.

Exactly, a good topic for discussion in our network today!

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