Still confused – Categories vs Tags & SEO

zenofr · Member · Feb 28, 2011 at 11:02 pm
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So Categories are like broad general groupings of content and tags are just more specific groupings — Right?
So, how do search engines pick up on content — is it from categories, tags, both? I don’t want to limit people from finding posts or the blog, but I’m using Vigilance and also don’t want tags displayed at the top of each post. Can I just use categories (without tags) and still get content indexed . . . or whatever. My blog is not yet published live.

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zenofr · Member · Mar 1, 2011 at 12:11 am
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. . . Or do the tags & categories not matter for search engines? . . . Still confused, but don’t want to eliminate tags if it means my future blog will never be seen! HELP ~
1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Mar 1, 2011 at 12:13 am
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Tags and categories are the same for wp.com Global tags and also for SEO.

Categories vs. Tags
zenofr · Member · Mar 1, 2011 at 1:13 am
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Thanks, . . . Kinda. I seem to have a mental block on this topic (not usually the case :-/). I take it that so long as I use categories judiciously, not using tags will not be an issue. I’ll still be “findable”. Correct? P.S. Thanks, REALLY!
raincoaster · Member · Mar 1, 2011 at 1:35 am
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Yes, correct.
1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Mar 1, 2011 at 2:38 pm
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Yes, tags and categories play different roles with respect to how you can organize your blog posts, but they are equal in terms of your blog being “findable” by search engines.

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