Categories vs tags
One of the most discussed topics we see when attending WordCamps and other events is what’s better for SEO: categories vs tags? What’s the difference between categories and tags? What’s the optimal number of WordPress categories? How many is too many? Is it okay to assign one post in multiple categories? Is there a limit of tags we can assign to each post? Do tags work like meta keywords? Are there any SEO advantage of using categories over tags or vice versa? We’ve seen quite a few commentaries on this subject through out the web, but we found that they were inconsistent and incomplete. If you ever had these questions, then hopefully they will be answered once you are done reading this post, so you can make adjustments to your blog if necessary.
You will find the answers to all these questions here:
http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/categories-vs-tags-seo-best-practices-which-one-is-better/
LABMAN also wrote a tutorial on categories:
https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/wordpress-categories-tutorial
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Thank you so much for the information Terea! It's those little annoying things that are always cropping up and not knowing what to do so you just leave it as is. Now we have a chance to go back and fine tune!
I know there were so many different answers to this question that I really wanted to know what was best! Glad you found it helpful too!
Thank you so much for this info. I read the link for wpbeginner and now the category part makes a lot more sense to me.
I had some trouble with that exact thing in the beginning. Glad the site was of help to you!
Am in that website now trying to figure out why wordpress isn't picking up my table colors and font
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I so needed to know this. Thanks Tria!
You are so welcome!