WordPress Categories SEO

WordPress categories are a great way to build search optimization into every WordPress website. Categories are a way of organizing blog posts by one master category and then any affiliated categories below that.

What is so unique about the category and the tagging system in WordPress is that it creates a page for each category and tag. For example, this post about SEO will go in that particular category and if you click on the SEO category link you can see all of the blog posts related to SEO on this website.

The reason why this is powerful for search engine optimization is that search engines want to see a lot of depth on websites. So the more pages the better a website will do in search, especially if the pages are correlated with what the search is related to .

So if you’re trying to SEO your website, I highly encourage you to use the blog and the categories and tagging features. It’s important to be succinct and focused with your naming structure, however I do encourage using several categories and tags per post.

The tags used on this post

Tags are similar to categories in that they organize information together, however they have a less formal function than categories. I like to use both and have over 500 tags on this website, and over 100 categories.

This makes a massive amount of pages on my website. That is why this website ranks so well in search, at least one of the reasons why. So if you’re looking to increase your website in search, I highly encourage you to create a blog and to properly tag and categorize each blog post.

Curious about how to increase your website search rankings by using a blog? Send off a message to me on my contact page and I will get back to you as soon as possible!

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Written by: Jophiel Silvestrone

Jophiel Silvestrone has written 326 posts in the Tech Blog.

Jophiel grew up on a ranch in Paradise Valley, Montana near Chico Hot Springs. Working on the ranch instilled work ethic and self motivation. Filled with this drive, Jophiel started mowing the local school's yards twice a month throughout the summers, at the age of 12. He moved to Billings in 2004, where he has been deeply involved in the local business community ever since. A serial entrepreneur, Jophiel has ran multiple businesses in our local community. The first business, a janitorial and carpet cleaning company, founded in 2005, has employed over 50 locals. Moving on to the media industry, Jophiel and several partners founded Green Directory Montana in the spring of 2007. Green Directory's sustainability ranking software awarded points based on sustainable or "green" actions. These points counted towards a business's total "Green Score," which in turn ranked them against other businesses in their category and throughout the entire site. It also featured a limited edition print version distributed annually. A business acquisition allowed Jophiel to focus on new projects, and a few close business colleagues and Jophiel started Rocky Mountain Mr. & Ms. Magazine, a lifestyle publication for men and women in the Magic City. After a year and a half at the helm of RM3 Magazine, the business was purchased. He now runs a web development company SkyPoint Studios and fathers his son Jaoquin, who plays football, basketball, soccer, and is learning snowboarding from his dad. Recently, has expanded to locations in Havasu, Arizona & Vegas. SkyPoint Studios is a market leader in both Billings & Havasu and Jophiel is working on building that same level of market dominance in Vegas. Specialties: Extensive experience in online and offline business. Especially savvy at WordPress, and operate several sites, one example is the blog: skypointwebdesignbillingsmontana.com/tech-blog. Check out skypointwebdesignbillingsmontana.com for the latest projects from SkyPoint Studios.