Comments on: Wordpress Tags – Uses and Abuses http://affiliate-minder.com/wordpresstutorials/wordpress-tags-uses-and-abuses/ Helping Affiliates Marketers Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:05:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Andy http://affiliate-minder.com/wordpresstutorials/wordpress-tags-uses-and-abuses/comment-page-1/#comment-318 Andy Sun, 29 Mar 2009 08:38:00 +0000 http://affiliate-minder.com/wordpresstutorials/wordpress-tags-uses-and-abuses/#comment-318 HI Stephen You state: "Google will pick one copy and go with it" My point is, do you want Google to pick one copy? I prefer to pick which copy Google indexes as I can control what the visitor sees. If Google picks my tag page to show for a particular keyword phrase, the visitor will not be landing on the post I wanted them to see. Also, duplicate content is not just about the same content on different domains (in which case Google will pick the one and often not the original one), its about the same content on one domain, or even similar content on the same domain. What I am talking about here is not "gaming" the search engines, it is helping them. I am telling them which pages are important, and which are less so. Google appreciates that... HI Stephen
You state:
“Google will pick one copy and go with it”

My point is, do you want Google to pick one copy? I prefer to pick which copy Google indexes as I can control what the visitor sees. If Google picks my tag page to show for a particular keyword phrase, the visitor will not be landing on the post I wanted them to see.

Also, duplicate content is not just about the same content on different domains (in which case Google will pick the one and often not the original one), its about the same content on one domain, or even similar content on the same domain.

What I am talking about here is not “gaming” the search engines, it is helping them. I am telling them which pages are important, and which are less so. Google appreciates that…

]]> By: Stephen http://affiliate-minder.com/wordpresstutorials/wordpress-tags-uses-and-abuses/comment-page-1/#comment-315 Stephen Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:27:02 +0000 http://affiliate-minder.com/wordpresstutorials/wordpress-tags-uses-and-abuses/#comment-315 I have not found the use of tags to be of any trouble frankly. Google will pick one copy and go with it. If you are spamming from your website using tons of tags, then probably you will see your rankings fade. I mean if everyone of your posts includes a tag for "make gazillions", you are spamming. Duplicate content involves identical (or darn near same) content being served on different domains. Even then nothing earth shattering will befall a scraper beyond the DC providing little if any SEO benefit. The first copy will rule, yours is just fluff. But who cares anyway? We should be focusing on the users, not bots and how to game the SEs. If you think your users could use more ways to find your content using a tag, go for it. This is 2009 and we should be way past gaming the SEs. Google is not stupid. They can detect somebody trying to play games easily these days. Fact of the matter is, provide valuable content people want and you are 99% of the way home on this seo stuff. I have not found the use of tags to be of any trouble frankly. Google will pick one copy and go with it. If you are spamming from your website using tons of tags, then probably you will see your rankings fade. I mean if everyone of your posts includes a tag for “make gazillions”, you are spamming.

Duplicate content involves identical (or darn near same) content being served on different domains. Even then nothing earth shattering will befall a scraper beyond the DC providing little if any SEO benefit. The first copy will rule, yours is just fluff.

But who cares anyway? We should be focusing on the users, not bots and how to game the SEs. If you think your users could use more ways to find your content using a tag, go for it.

This is 2009 and we should be way past gaming the SEs. Google is not stupid. They can detect somebody trying to play games easily these days.

Fact of the matter is, provide valuable content people want and you are 99% of the way home on this seo stuff.

]]> By: Using Wordpress Tags http://affiliate-minder.com/wordpresstutorials/wordpress-tags-uses-and-abuses/comment-page-1/#comment-310 Using Wordpress Tags Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:43:12 +0000 http://affiliate-minder.com/wordpresstutorials/wordpress-tags-uses-and-abuses/#comment-310 [...] Re: Using Wordpress Tags The following comprehensive article with proof should teach you how and why to use tags in wordpress. Very interesting and can lead to lots of search engine traffic and sales, Wordpress Tags - Uses and Abuses [...] [...] Re: Using Wordpress Tags The following comprehensive article with proof should teach you how and why to use tags in wordpress. Very interesting and can lead to lots of search engine traffic and sales, Wordpress Tags – Uses and Abuses [...]

]]> By: Andy http://affiliate-minder.com/wordpresstutorials/wordpress-tags-uses-and-abuses/comment-page-1/#comment-305 Andy Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:17:23 +0000 http://affiliate-minder.com/wordpresstutorials/wordpress-tags-uses-and-abuses/#comment-305 Hi Phil Hope that hurricane passed you by and you are safe. Hi Phil
Hope that hurricane passed you by and you are safe.

]]> By: Phil Wiley http://affiliate-minder.com/wordpresstutorials/wordpress-tags-uses-and-abuses/comment-page-1/#comment-304 Phil Wiley Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:58:13 +0000 http://affiliate-minder.com/wordpresstutorials/wordpress-tags-uses-and-abuses/#comment-304 Joost de Falk released a canonical wordpress plugin a few weeks ago. You can read more about it here http://yoast.com/canonical-url-links/ and download it here http://yoast.com/wordpress/canonical/ Phil Joost de Falk released a canonical wordpress plugin a few weeks ago.
You can read more about it here http://yoast.com/canonical-url-links/ and download it here http://yoast.com/wordpress/canonical/

Phil

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