Comments on: How to Start a Business Blog, Part 8: Choosing Categories http://michaelmartine.com/2007/08/18/how-to-start-business-blog-choose-categories/ Remarkable Blog Consulting and Coaching Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:51:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Michael Martine http://michaelmartine.com/2007/08/18/how-to-start-business-blog-choose-categories/#comment-68195 Michael Martine Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:52:04 +0000 http://www.michaelmartine.com/2007/08/18/how-to-start-business-blog-choose-categories/#comment-68195 Paula, thanks. I'm glad you got a lot out of it. This whole process is what always seems a mystery to business people, so I made a plan that can be followed. Paula, thanks. I’m glad you got a lot out of it. This whole process is what always seems a mystery to business people, so I made a plan that can be followed.

]]> By: Paula Stone http://michaelmartine.com/2007/08/18/how-to-start-business-blog-choose-categories/#comment-68174 Paula Stone Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:56:52 +0000 http://www.michaelmartine.com/2007/08/18/how-to-start-business-blog-choose-categories/#comment-68174 Hello Michael, Your blog is grt. offers good tips, which can even be used by bloggers who blog out of a personal preference than for business puspose.. the posts give a methodical description abt how to go abt planning a blog, and i loved goin thru it... thnks! Hello Michael,
Your blog is grt. offers good tips, which can even be used by bloggers who blog out of a personal preference than for business puspose.. the posts give a methodical description abt how to go abt planning a blog, and i loved goin thru it…

thnks!

]]> By: Michael Martine http://michaelmartine.com/2007/08/18/how-to-start-business-blog-choose-categories/#comment-61457 Michael Martine Sun, 19 Aug 2007 01:15:59 +0000 http://www.michaelmartine.com/2007/08/18/how-to-start-business-blog-choose-categories/#comment-61457 @WordPress Helper, I did consider whether or not to explain the differences between tags and categories, and decided against it. The reason is because knowing those differences doesn't provide any additional helpful information for the purpose of this article. Even from the standpoint of technical execution--say, using Ultimate Tag Warrior or just using normal WordPress categories--the differences do not affect the outcome of the goal. Depending on what plugins/setup you're using, the big difference between categories and tags is that categories are more likely to have their own pages than tags. In fact, I've run across some info lately suggesting that category archive pages be treated and designed like landing pages, which is a most excellent idea as far as SEO goes. But, SEO isn't the main purpose behind this. People first, SEO second. Thanks for the thoughtful comment and suggestions! :D @WordPress Helper,

I did consider whether or not to explain the differences between tags and categories, and decided against it. The reason is because knowing those differences doesn’t provide any additional helpful information for the purpose of this article. Even from the standpoint of technical execution–say, using Ultimate Tag Warrior or just using normal WordPress categories–the differences do not affect the outcome of the goal.

Depending on what plugins/setup you’re using, the big difference between categories and tags is that categories are more likely to have their own pages than tags. In fact, I’ve run across some info lately suggesting that category archive pages be treated and designed like landing pages, which is a most excellent idea as far as SEO goes.

But, SEO isn’t the main purpose behind this. People first, SEO second. Thanks for the thoughtful comment and suggestions! :D

]]> By: WordPress Helper http://michaelmartine.com/2007/08/18/how-to-start-business-blog-choose-categories/#comment-61455 WordPress Helper Sun, 19 Aug 2007 01:01:32 +0000 http://www.michaelmartine.com/2007/08/18/how-to-start-business-blog-choose-categories/#comment-61455 It may be worth explaining the difference between tags and categories. I find most blogs have too many categories and I like your list because it keeps it simple. A lot of people are really creating categories and using them as tags. My guideline is one category per post and the tag all the important nouns or concepts in the post. There is also a big search engine benefit to using tags in this way as WordPress, with an appropriate plugin, will create pages for all of your tags and this will increase the "net" your business casts in Google. It may be worth explaining the difference between tags and categories. I find most blogs have too many categories and I like your list because it keeps it simple. A lot of people are really creating categories and using them as tags.
My guideline is one category per post and the tag all the important nouns or concepts in the post. There is also a big search engine benefit to using tags in this way as WordPress, with an appropriate plugin, will create pages for all of your tags and this will increase the “net” your business casts in Google.

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