Comments on: The Problems With Tags and Tagging http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/12/the-problems-with-tags-and-tagging/ Helping you learn more and do more with WordPress Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:56:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: תגיות וקטגוריות » ITbananas http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/12/the-problems-with-tags-and-tagging/#comment-905290 תגיות וקטגוריות » ITbananas Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:54:56 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/12/the-problems-with-tags-and-tagging/#comment-905290 [...] פרמנלינקים, שדרוג הקישורים. וכמה כתבות מהאתר של lorelle: הבעיה עם תגים, תגים בגרסה 2.3, מה ההבדלים? רגע! אז מה לגבי קישורים [...] [...] פרמנלינקים, שדרוג הקישורים. וכמה כתבות מהאתר של lorelle: הבעיה עם תגים, תגים בגרסה 2.3, מה ההבדלים? רגע! אז מה לגבי קישורים [...]

]]> By: WordPress 2.3 Tag News « Lorelle on WordPress http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/12/the-problems-with-tags-and-tagging/#comment-680788 WordPress 2.3 Tag News « Lorelle on WordPress Mon, 29 Oct 2007 05:50:40 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/12/the-problems-with-tags-and-tagging/#comment-680788 [...] The Problems With Tags and Tagging [...] [...] The Problems With Tags and Tagging [...]

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/12/the-problems-with-tags-and-tagging/#comment-631807 Lorelle VanFossen Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:42:38 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/12/the-problems-with-tags-and-tagging/#comment-631807 First of all, you are giving too much credit to tags "doing" something for your blog. They are not the end all and be all of anything, including navigation and SEO. In fact, unless something changes soon to tags, I expect their usefulness to continue to deteriorate. Second, Pages exist outside of the post chronological structure. They are for "pseudo-static" content, like your Contact, About, and such information. Why should those show up in a list of your post content? I believe that categories have or can be added to Pages through Plugins, and categories are tags. You also might want to read <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/are-you-abusing-your-wordpress-pages-and-your-blog/" title="Are You Abusing Your WordPress Pages and your blog" rel="nofollow">Are You Abusing Your WordPress Pages and Your Blog</a>. First of all, you are giving too much credit to tags “doing” something for your blog. They are not the end all and be all of anything, including navigation and SEO. In fact, unless something changes soon to tags, I expect their usefulness to continue to deteriorate.

Second, Pages exist outside of the post chronological structure. They are for “pseudo-static” content, like your Contact, About, and such information. Why should those show up in a list of your post content?

I believe that categories have or can be added to Pages through Plugins, and categories are tags. You also might want to read Are You Abusing Your WordPress Pages and Your Blog.

]]> By: michele http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/12/the-problems-with-tags-and-tagging/#comment-631678 michele Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:40:51 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/12/the-problems-with-tags-and-tagging/#comment-631678 I cannot understand why I can tag POSTS but not PAGES, is there a specific/technical problem or what? I cannot understand why I can tag POSTS but not PAGES, is there a specific/technical problem or what?

]]> By: برچسب یا دسته بندی، کدام یک؟ « هفت خط http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/12/the-problems-with-tags-and-tagging/#comment-559376 برچسب یا دسته بندی، کدام یک؟ « هفت خط Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:14:26 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/12/the-problems-with-tags-and-tagging/#comment-559376 [...] Are Not Categories - Got It? The Problems With Tags and Tagging A Tagging Bookmarklet for WordPress and Wordpress.com Users Adding Technorati Tags to WordPressMU [...] [...] Are Not Categories - Got It? The Problems With Tags and Tagging A Tagging Bookmarklet for WordPress and WordPress.com Users Adding Technorati Tags to WordPressMU [...]

]]> By: Are You Abusing and Misusing Tags? « Lorelle on WordPress http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/12/the-problems-with-tags-and-tagging/#comment-282589 Are You Abusing and Misusing Tags? « Lorelle on WordPress Thu, 17 May 2007 12:16:57 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/12/the-problems-with-tags-and-tagging/#comment-282589 [...] The Problems With Tags and Tagging [...] [...] The Problems With Tags and Tagging [...]

]]> By: What Do I Do With My New Wordpress.com Blog « Lorelle on WordPress http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/12/the-problems-with-tags-and-tagging/#comment-189305 What Do I Do With My New Wordpress.com Blog « Lorelle on WordPress Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:45:19 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/12/the-problems-with-tags-and-tagging/#comment-189305 [...] The Problems With Tags and Tagging [...] [...] The Problems With Tags and Tagging [...]

]]> By: D Duhon http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/12/the-problems-with-tags-and-tagging/#comment-98300 D Duhon Fri, 08 Dec 2006 19:28:10 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/12/the-problems-with-tags-and-tagging/#comment-98300 Thanks for the lessons on tagging. Let me see if I can get one item to work? Don Thanks for the lessons on tagging. Let me see if I can get one item to work?

Don

]]> By: DIY Search Engine Optimization « Lorelle on WordPress http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/12/the-problems-with-tags-and-tagging/#comment-33564 DIY Search Engine Optimization « Lorelle on WordPress Mon, 04 Sep 2006 14:42:26 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/12/the-problems-with-tags-and-tagging/#comment-33564 [...] WordPress marks categories automatically as tags. This is great as it instantly adds tags to your post, but not all categories are worthy of being tagged. For instance, my category, Blog Babble is a lousy tag. Who is going to search for “blog babble”? No one. But you instantly understand that you will find posts within that category related to blogging. It’s a synonym for “talking about blogs and blogging”. Search engines and tagging services don’t deal well with synonyms. This is just one example of the many problems with tags. I like my few neat categories and so I manually add tags to the bottom of my posts. [...] [...] WordPress marks categories automatically as tags. This is great as it instantly adds tags to your post, but not all categories are worthy of being tagged. For instance, my category, Blog Babble is a lousy tag. Who is going to search for “blog babble”? No one. But you instantly understand that you will find posts within that category related to blogging. It’s a synonym for “talking about blogs and blogging”. Search engines and tagging services don’t deal well with synonyms. This is just one example of the many problems with tags. I like my few neat categories and so I manually add tags to the bottom of my posts. [...]

]]> By: PetitOn » Global Tag Clouds on WordPress Dot Com http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/12/the-problems-with-tags-and-tagging/#comment-24604 PetitOn » Global Tag Clouds on WordPress Dot Com Sun, 30 Jul 2006 22:23:01 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/12/the-problems-with-tags-and-tagging/#comment-24604 [...] A search or a tag cloud within a domain/sub domain or directory/category would be more effective than a world popular tags cloud. If you are like Lorelle, read “The Problems With Tags and Tagging“, you don’t want to encourage people to leave your site, by presenting a Technorati or FeedBurner link to a central cloud of which you are part, but rather drill your own site local cloud. If you do this in a clever way, the relevance is inherent, as you have now added the missing survaillanse of interlinking. [...] [...] A search or a tag cloud within a domain/sub domain or directory/category would be more effective than a world popular tags cloud. If you are like Lorelle, read “The Problems With Tags and Tagging“, you don’t want to encourage people to leave your site, by presenting a Technorati or FeedBurner link to a central cloud of which you are part, but rather drill your own site local cloud. If you do this in a clever way, the relevance is inherent, as you have now added the missing survaillanse of interlinking. [...]

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