Here are the basics of tagging.
First off let me say I am not an expert on the use of tags. I do have a personal blog at WordPress. Let me tell you what I know.
My blog is, Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette. I’m going through a new cycle with my blog. I’m in the post-something-every-day cycle. That’s because when I post new content every day the blog averages 100 hits a day and at least 10 of those visitors visit my Triond content. The Gazette helps me to make money. The Gazette is my personal online marketing tool.
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When I’m blogging on the Gazette I try to fill my articles with plenty of key words. This is because when the article is done, I go through it and type into the tag box bellow the article all the key words so that the search engines can find the article. I click on the add button and all the key words are listed as tags.
Then I publish the article.
When a reader uses a key word to find something and if the key word is the same as a key word that I used as a tag there is a chance my article will come up on the search page of the reader’s browser.
Here is something important. The tags in my article appear below the article. The tags do not appear in the article. The writing is nice and clean.
So, that’s what I know about blogging using tags. I am not a great blogger but I am a hungry blogger. If you visit the Gazette you can see what tags look like.
Good luck with your own blogs.
November 6th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
Thanks Hogan…Tags are very important to get results in search engine..
November 7th, 2009 at 12:24 am
Very good work!
Blessings.
Sincerely,
-Liane Schmidt.
November 7th, 2009 at 12:27 am
I’m hearing more and more about the importance of tags. Thanks for adding to the knowledge, Prof!
Best regards!
November 7th, 2009 at 1:14 am
will be vey useful for my blog hogan, thanks a lot…just check out
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November 7th, 2009 at 2:11 am
thanks
November 7th, 2009 at 3:04 am
Thany you for the info. I’ll surely tyr this one…!
November 7th, 2009 at 3:11 am
excellent as always Guy!
November 7th, 2009 at 3:23 am
Thankyou for posting this.
November 7th, 2009 at 3:35 am
Thanks guy, lots of good tips here, I have like you a blog, mine is on Stumbleupon and I also get hit via that onto my Triond articles so I know what you say is true.
November 7th, 2009 at 4:20 am
Thanks for explaining the tags to me, Guy. A good piece.
Christine.
November 7th, 2009 at 5:48 am
Thanks for sharing this, really useful tips!
November 7th, 2009 at 7:23 am
thanks for sharing!
November 7th, 2009 at 7:31 am
That’s a nice tip. When I joined Triond I also tried to create my website (even without html knowledge) gradually for more than a year. This was made possible by automated website creation using drag and drop technology. When I thought I had enough content, I launched it on October 22. When I integrated Triond with Google Adsense a few days ago, my website with links to my articles in Triond mattered a lot. I earned both ways. Never thought that would happen. You may visit my website at http://www.palawaniana.net to see how this works.
November 7th, 2009 at 8:37 am
Thanks for the information, I agree with you about clean text aith tags below. I have a program that shows me where the visitors to my blog came from and the search terms that people used. People search for some very odd things!
November 7th, 2009 at 8:50 am
Good advice as always. Thanks so much for sharing.
November 7th, 2009 at 9:51 am
Thanks for sharing these tips.
November 7th, 2009 at 10:37 am
Thank you for sharing…
November 7th, 2009 at 10:47 am
I love this article. It’s informative and entertaining. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.
November 7th, 2009 at 11:52 am
Ever so helpful. Thank you, Guy…as always.
November 7th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Thanks for the valuable information. I always appreciate your tips. Please keep them coming!
November 7th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
cutedrishti, tags are the best way that I know of for readers to find your work.
November 7th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
Liane, at first my choice of tags was too narrow. Now I’m trying to use a broader range of tags.
November 7th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
mo, I’m still learner how to use tags better. It’s a real learning process.
November 7th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
svishnugopal, it’s really interesting how something like the use of tags can impact your work.
November 7th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
shanthu, I hope you found the information useful.
November 7th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Franklin, if tags are used properly they will definitely help readers find your work.
November 7th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
martie, I have to make sure to use tags better myself.
November 7th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
chitragopi, I’m finding out all the time how important tags are. They can really increase the flow of traffic to your work.
November 7th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
johnnydod, my personal blog is a nice little marketing tool for my work here at Triond. So I really need to take advantage of this situation.
November 7th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Christine, I’m glad the article had something in it that you might be able to use.
November 7th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
giftarist, I’m learning more about tags every day. Tags can really affect the number of people who see your work.
November 7th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
mishee, I use to tell my students at the University of Pittsburgh that you really don’t know what you know until you can explain it to someone else. So, this article helps me, too.
November 7th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Patrick, that’s great to hear. I’m still not where I want to be as a blogger but I think I’m finally headed in the right direction.
November 7th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Frances, you said it. People search for some very strange things. So I’ve decided to increase the range of my tags. I just started to do this a few days ago but I know my traffic will increase. It’s the nature of the Internet. The more path ways to your content the more readers will find it.
November 7th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
Papa, I’m pretty excited about increasing the range of my tags in order to increase the flow of traffic not only to my personal blog but also to increase the flow of traffic to my Triond content.
November 7th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Melody, I never really understood how important tags can be until a few days ago.
November 7th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Sister Della, you really don’t know what you know until you can explain it to someone else.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Joanna, I could not have written this article one month ago. I learn a lot about tagging in the last 30 days.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Lady Sunshine, I never knew tags could be so important; but now I do.
November 7th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Jane, I’m happy to be able to pass on useful information. It means I’m becoming a better blogger.
November 7th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Nice info… thanks.
November 7th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
Thanks for the good advice. It took me a while to figure out tags.
November 13th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Thanks for the valuable information on tags.
November 16th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
I did make significant increase in readership using tags. Thanks for the idea you posted. I used Google Adwords to make my tags. My readership increased four to five times because of this approach. See the results here:
http://webupon.com/money-making/five-amazingtips-on-how-to-double-your-income-online/.
I’m thankful Guy for your tip that helped me achieve it.