the tags field...

forbairt · 02-10-2008, 12:10

I for one don't really use the tag field on posts.

Why should I ?

on wordpress there is a nice little plugin that gets suggested tags from yahoo.

Any thoughts on that ?

What are the benefits of me adding tags manually ?

**monaghan** · 02-10-2008, 12:18

I don't see all the fuss over tags, anything the user can control is just something else to fill searches with spam

forbairt · 02-10-2008, 12:23

well as was pointed out to be ... tags allow deep linking ...

So I understand them. Do I agree with them from the end users point of view ... no idea ... I only fill them out on my blog posts from time to time cus it gets automagically added to the Meta Keywords I think if I do

blacknight · 02-10-2008, 13:25

If you don't set tags manually on your posts I've a script running every few hours that will automatically tag the posts for you.

The tags are a very handy for categorising posts on a topic basis

blacknight · 07-12-2008, 15:04

The other thing with tags is that they help for pulling in deep crawls from the likes of Googlebot

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forbairt Ban Sticks Set to Stun!! Recent Blog: Would the real James Larkin please stand up? Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Dublin Posts: 449 iTrader: 0 / 0%	well as was pointed out to be ... tags allow deep linking ... So I understand them. Do I agree with them from the end users point of view ... no idea ... I only fill them out on my blog posts from time to time cus it gets automagically added to the Meta Keywords I think if I do __________________ The Dropped.IE Domain List \| Dropped Web Domains Recent Work \| Devine Building \| Children's Festivals in Ireland \| Galway Hot Yoga \| Freelance Jobs African Safari Holiday Blog \| James Larkin Work \| Web Design Dublin, Ireland - Web Development Dublin, Ireland

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blacknight Web Slave Recent Blog: Oracle Ireland Spamming Everyone. How NOT To Use Email Marketing Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ireland Posts: 524 iTrader: 1 / 100%	The other thing with tags is that they help for pulling in deep crawls from the likes of Googlebot __________________ Work \| Blog \| UK Webmaster Chat

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