Comments on: Improve Search Engine Placement with Tags http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/improve-search-engine-placement-with-tags Coding, WordPress, SEO, Games and Rants Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:47:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: elearning using VODhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/improve-search-engine-placement-with-tags#comment-17556 elearning using VOD http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=900#comment-17556 Hi Vladimir,Following your recommendations I have been adjusting my nofollow links. I do understand why categories (that have a too generic name and create duplicate content) should be nofollowed, but I don't understand the thing with tags.The tag links you post are followable, but their landing pages are marked as noindex. I checked in google and yahoo, and I cannot reach your tag landing pages using the tag keywords :/So I don't understand what this article is talking about. Isn't it over optimization with ultra low (not to say null) returns?By the way this article has a tag named "yogurt drinks" I'm not sure people would be happy to land on this page after searching for such words. Am I missing something? Because your graph says that it works and I do understand what's the goal of this trick.Thanks in advance for shedding some light about my concerns. Hi Vladimir,

Following your recommendations I have been adjusting my nofollow links. I do understand why categories (that have a too generic name and create duplicate content) should be nofollowed, but I don't understand the thing with tags.

The tag links you post are followable, but their landing pages are marked as noindex. I checked in google and yahoo, and I cannot reach your tag landing pages using the tag keywords :/

So I don't understand what this article is talking about. Isn't it over optimization with ultra low (not to say null) returns?

By the way this article has a tag named "yogurt drinks" I'm not sure people would be happy to land on this page after searching for such words. Am I missing something? Because your graph says that it works and I do understand what's the goal of this trick.

Thanks in advance for shedding some light about my concerns.

]]> By: Artimphttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/improve-search-engine-placement-with-tags#comment-17483 Artimp http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=900#comment-17483 You write that you can re-enable tags in the posts again after traffic builds. Does this imply that it wouldn't be a good idea to keep the tag pages after you see the traffic increase? You write that you can re-enable tags in the posts again after traffic builds. Does this imply that it wouldn't be a good idea to keep the tag pages after you see the traffic increase?

]]> By: Udegbunam Chukwudihttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/improve-search-engine-placement-with-tags#comment-17434 Udegbunam Chukwudi http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=900#comment-17434 Hi,Please what tag do I use to track dynamic pages created by your SEO Super Comments plug-in. Thanks. Hi,

Please what tag do I use to track dynamic pages created by your SEO Super Comments plug-in. Thanks.

]]> By: John Chttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/improve-search-engine-placement-with-tags#comment-17391 John C http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=900#comment-17391 Why not just use pages and SEO Smart Links plugin? Why not just use pages and SEO Smart Links plugin?

]]> By: Johnhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/improve-search-engine-placement-with-tags#comment-17361 John http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=900#comment-17361 just a quick question, for the tags page, do I have to put the tag cloud? or can i just make a list by myself with the Tags i want to specifically use with their respective URLS?I would like to do it manually that way I don't include tags i don't want that are in the tag cloud.Thanks, great resource! Happy holidays & Merry Christmas to all! just a quick question, for the tags page, do I have to put the tag cloud? or can i just make a list by myself with the Tags i want to specifically use with their respective URLS?

I would like to do it manually that way I don't include tags i don't want that are in the tag cloud.

Thanks, great resource! Happy holidays & Merry Christmas to all!

]]> By: Chrishttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/improve-search-engine-placement-with-tags#comment-17128 Chris http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=900#comment-17128 Thank you very much for the post. I have been looking into Wordpress and I think I will give it a go. Thank you very much for the post. I have been looking into Wordpress and I think I will give it a go.

]]> By: Richard Cummingshttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/improve-search-engine-placement-with-tags#comment-16344 Richard Cummings http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=900#comment-16344 Vlad,I was doing some research on the proper use of tags in relation to categories. I like the idea of initial "tag sculpting". I'll put that to use on some sites.Thx, R Vlad,

I was doing some research on the proper use of tags in relation to categories. I like the idea of initial "tag sculpting". I'll put that to use on some sites.

Thx,
R

]]> By: crackshttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/improve-search-engine-placement-with-tags#comment-15288 cracks http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=900#comment-15288 and what are your thoughts on custom taxonomies Vladimir? they work well for structure, but are they as SEO-able as tags?(re: http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/05/06/custom-taxonomies-in-wordpress-28) and what are your thoughts on custom taxonomies Vladimir? they work well for structure, but are they as SEO-able as tags?

(re: http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/05/06/custom-taxonomies-in-wordpress-28)

]]> By: crackshttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/improve-search-engine-placement-with-tags#comment-15287 cracks http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=900#comment-15287 is there a dupe content issue if you multi-tag posts?so if more than one tag archive is showing the same post except, is that a problem? is there a dupe content issue if you multi-tag posts?

so if more than one tag archive is showing the same post except, is that a problem?

]]> By: Joycehttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/improve-search-engine-placement-with-tags#comment-14744 Joyce http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=900#comment-14744 Must I do this for your Amazing Grace theme or it's already done? Must I do this for your Amazing Grace theme or it's already done?

]]> By: EchoBloggerhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/improve-search-engine-placement-with-tags#comment-14720 EchoBlogger http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=900#comment-14720 Really very helpful post.and it seems to sound rocking the traffic with the tags...Hurrey !!! Really very helpful post.and it seems to sound rocking the traffic with the tags...Hurrey !!!

]]> By: Vladimirhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/improve-search-engine-placement-with-tags#comment-13993 Vladimir http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=900#comment-13993 It would but categories are not as flexible as tags, and if you enable both you will have lots of duplicate content. It would but categories are not as flexible as tags, and if you enable both you will have lots of duplicate content.

]]> By: Martinhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/improve-search-engine-placement-with-tags#comment-13984 Martin http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=900#comment-13984 Hi, according to your explanation (internal link juice by reusing tags) I suppose the experiment also would work with categories being reused.Why not combining both by using categories as tags, i.e., categories get rel=tag. WP enables this. Maybe a combined "cat-tag" ranks even better than tag alone? Anyone has any comment on this idea? Hi,
according to your explanation (internal link juice by reusing tags) I suppose the experiment also would work with categories being reused.

Why not combining both by using categories as tags, i.e., categories get rel=tag. WP enables this. Maybe a combined "cat-tag" ranks even better than tag alone? Anyone has any comment on this idea?

]]> By: Donna Miller | Wordpress Freelance Developerhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/improve-search-engine-placement-with-tags#comment-13506 Donna Miller | Wordpress Freelance Developer http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=900#comment-13506 Vladimir, thank you so much for this excellent post! I've known of you for some time because of your beautiful Amazing Grace theme, but I've only just come to your blog to read your articles. I'm so glad I did!I've been recently wondering about the benefits of tags vs categories and just generally about the whole taxonomy issue. I've been thinking that tags are a much better (ie finer-grained) way of telling search engines what your site, and specific articles are about. But I was still quite confused in my thinking. Your article has changed all that, it makes so much sense. I'm going to implement all of your suggestions and track it to see what happens. Then I'm going to come back and read every other page of your site!I really, really appreciate the mini Google Analytics tutorial. So many articles talk about tracking with Analytics but they never show you how to, and I haven't had the time to go through the learning curve with it. So thank you again for filling in the details. I'm adding you to my RSS feed right now. Vladimir, thank you so much for this excellent post! I've known of you for some time because of your beautiful Amazing Grace theme, but I've only just come to your blog to read your articles. I'm so glad I did!

I've been recently wondering about the benefits of tags vs categories and just generally about the whole taxonomy issue. I've been thinking that tags are a much better (ie finer-grained) way of telling search engines what your site, and specific articles are about. But I was still quite confused in my thinking. Your article has changed all that, it makes so much sense. I'm going to implement all of your suggestions and track it to see what happens. Then I'm going to come back and read every other page of your site!

I really, really appreciate the mini Google Analytics tutorial. So many articles talk about tracking with Analytics but they never show you how to, and I haven't had the time to go through the learning curve with it. So thank you again for filling in the details. I'm adding you to my RSS feed right now.

]]> By: iamcrackshttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/improve-search-engine-placement-with-tags#comment-13242 iamcracks http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=900#comment-13242 VERY interesting Vladimir. A question or 2.1) Can you safely assign multiple tags (to a single article) without duplicate content concerns..? If the same excerpt text appears in multiple tag archives, is that (enough of) a dup content issue..?2) How is it exactly that "the tag page will be linked from all pages of your site" if you remove the "tags after every post"..? Via a "Tag" page in the main menu ..? VERY interesting Vladimir. A question or 2.

1) Can you safely assign multiple tags (to a single article) without duplicate content concerns..? If the same excerpt text appears in multiple tag archives, is that (enough of) a dup content issue..?

2) How is it exactly that "the tag page will be linked from all pages of your site" if you remove the "tags after every post"..? Via a "Tag" page in the main menu ..?

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