: Blog Tagging - Is it important? My question is simple. Are tagging blog post important? When I say important it has two areas: Is it important for users using the website. Is it important

@Radia820

Yes and Yes.

Keyword stuffing aint what it used to be, but if you still want to emphasize one keyword the tag can do that, more importantly the use of the same tag over and over will create the tag archive pages and let a plugin like YARPP know which posts are related.

I like YARPP, there are other similar plugins/tools/services but if you do a good job of tagging your content YARPP will do a good job of recommending more content to your readers.

Why no link or any buttons on StackExchange like there is on StackOverflow? Here is a link to YARPP, I've never used the Pro version...
www.yarpp.com/

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@Lengel546

I came across the direct answer to this from Matt Cutts in a Google Webmaster Video.

He basically says tagging isn't really worth it because Google is smart enough to see the keywords in the blog article. He went on to say that he doesn't use tags for his blog.

With that said he did recommend adding categories instead of tags. This would allow the user to easily filter the various categories on the site and allow them to find what they are looking for.

For more info watch the video

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@Becky754

Straight away my answer is "YES" it is. More than I say Important, I will say "IT IS USEFUL".


Tags are like streets name of a village. It makes easy for a postman to understand the route
SEO role in tags are like GPS. It will guide easily to your blog


If you don't want to give importance to an article, than no need of tag.

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@Gonzalez347

I am going to answer this question as if you are using WordPress as your blogging platform of choice, because I use it myself and I have seen results from the tag system of using it.

Is it important?

It depends. Do you want to sit there and tag your blog articles as you write them? If your site already has a lot of traffic, then maybe not so much? If you want a lot of new traffic, and to grow even further, yes. It depends on how you view it and what your site is about.

Is it important for SEO?

From my experiences of having a blog, without using tags for a year, I noticed small growth with my site. I had to advertise and give out direct links to get people to join.

Once I added tags and did some SEO work on my site, I noticed a lot more search engine traffic coming to view my articles and posts. I am going to say yes to this question of yours, it can be important for SEO.

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