Five Secrets for Blogging Success – Secret #3

Example: Let’s say you create a post about “How to Create WordPress Pages.”  You write a lengthy article about the pros and cons of creating a Page versus a Post.  You finish writing the post and then have to select a category or categories for your post.  You have created categories called “Site Management,” “Adding Media,” “WordPress News,” “Technical Details.” Logically, based on other articles you have written, you could choose “Site Management” or “Technical Details” or both.  Pick one or both based on the other content you have posted.  But now comes another way to help differeniate your blog posting: tags.  You can add new tags or click on a list of already used tags.  There are advantages to both.  Creating new tags gives your readers a very specific way to find your content.  Using existing tags adds to that tags importance and increased the number of hits a user will get when they search.  No clear advantage to either way – as long as you understand the difference.