SEO

SEO benefits from adding categories to your website. It helps Google and your users understand every page you write by adding hierarchy to your pages. These are two SEO benefits of adding a category structure to your blog:

  • You rank with the pages of your category

A well-optimized category page has a higher chance of being found for more key phrases. This helps to avoid the problem of your content competing.

Your category pages will easily rank higher in Google if you optimize them and link to posts that are similar to the category.

  • You don’t compete with your content

You will likely discuss the same topics in several posts if you blog with no category structure. Unknowingly, you may optimize multiple posts for the exact key phrase. This could mean that you are competing with your content for Google ranking. It will be easier to keep track of this if you have a good category structure.

Every Blog Should Produce New Content Daily

Your older content is still valuable! While your current audience read the new post, it will also be helpful for future audiences. People might also remember the post and share it with friends. Readers shouldn't have difficulty finding older posts quickly on your blog.



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Pedrone Premium
Great post
with advice easy to follow for new members or better to say for
beginners, or people that are learning.

Have a great day

Pietro
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Aussiemuso Premium Plus
Thanks, Pietro I can always count on you.

Lily
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Pedrone Premium
Welcome!
and yes,
you can count on me,
always

You are doing great Lily!

Keep up with the good works

Pietro
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JKulk1 Premium
I have always tried to use categories this way, but I've yet to add subcategories. Thanks Lily. Jim
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Aussiemuso Premium Plus
You're welcome Jim.
Lily 😁🎶
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RosanaHart Premium Plus
I liked your point that no category should be more than twice the size of smaller ones... but I haven't done that. Looking ahead!
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Aussiemuso Premium Plus
There are always little tweaks that we can do to our websites, Rosana.

Lily
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LMH1968 Premium
Very important training for people to learn Lily
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Aussiemuso Premium Plus
I agree Lisa and one area easy to overlook when you are just starting out.

Have a lovely week.
Lily
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LMH1968 Premium
Yes that is very true :-)
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JackMata1 Premium
Wow thanks for sharing, I have a lot to learn about that.
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Aussiemuso Premium Plus
It won't take you very long Jack. These are just minor details that help your website to run more smoothly.

Lily
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