Long Tag or Short Tag?

[sekeno]

Friends, what is your opinion on the use of tags? For example, let’s say we have an article about “wordpress seo plugins”. Would entering Wordpress and seo tags be sufficient, or would it be better to also enter tags like wordpress seo plugins, seo plugins?

[oki]

Think with a user-focused mindset when creating tags. Proceeding from the example you gave; will there be other articles on similar topics on the site? For instance, if you are going to write other articles about WordPress plugins, but haven’t opened a category with this name, you should create a tag named “wordpress plugins”. If a visitor reading your “WordPress SEO plugins” article wonders, “Are other plugins also introduced on the site?”, they will click on the tag and read the others. However, if you are not going to write another WordPress plugin article, there is no point in using this tag.

Once you grasp the logic behind using tags, it doesn’t matter how many words they consist of.

It is also worth taking a look at this: Should Tags Be Open to Indexing?

[sekeno]

@oki

Think user-focused when creating tags. Proceeding from the example you gave; will there be other articles with similar topics on the site? For instance, if you are going to write other articles about WordPress plugins, but haven’t opened a category with this name, you should create a tag named “wordpress plugins”. If a visitor reading your “wordpress seo plugins” article wonders ‘are other plugins introduced on the site?’, they click on the tag and read the others too. However, if you are not going to write another WordPress plugin article, there is no point in using this tag.

If you have grasped the logic of using tags, it doesn’t matter how many words it consists of.

It is also worth taking a look at this: Should Tags Be Open to Indexing?

What you said seems logical, but there is also this: Sometimes the Tag page gets indexed in a better position than the content. To give the same example, when searching for “wordpress seo plugins”, the Tag page might appear in front instead of the content page. In this case, it might be better to enter tags like “wordpress seo plugins”.

[oki]

@sekeno

What you said seems logical, but there is also this: Sometimes the Tag page is indexed in a better position than the content page. To give the same example, when searching for “wordpress seo plugins”, the Tag page can appear ahead of the content page. In this case, it might be better to enter tags like “wordpress seo plugins”.

Tag pages are updated as new posts are added, so frequently used tags have a higher chance of appearing at the top in searches. If you give the same title to the post and the tag, provided there are other posts with that tag, the tag will of course appear earlier. However, I don’t think it’s healthy for the same title to appear as both a post and a tag on your site. Neither from a user nor an SEO perspective.

Based on my WordPress experience, I can offer the following general advice: Construct your post titles and content primarily with SEO in mind; try to arrange categories, tags, and other menu layouts primarily from the user’s perspective, in the most useful way possible. Sometimes while focusing on SEO, we move the site away from functionality and user experience. This leads to dissatisfaction and lowers metrics such as time on site, return visits, etc., which can harm the site.

[sekeno]

@oki

Tag pages are updated as new posts are added, so frequently used tags have a higher chance of appearing at the top in searches. If you give the post and the tag the same title, and if there are other posts with that tag, the tag will naturally appear earlier. However, I don’t think it’s healthy for the same title to appear as both a post and a tag on your site. Neither from a user perspective nor from an SEO perspective.

Based on my WordPress experience, I can offer the following general advice: Structure your post titles and content primarily with SEO in mind; try to organize categories, tags, and other menu arrangements primarily from the user’s perspective, in the most useful way possible. Sometimes while focusing on SEO, we drive the site away from functionality and user experience. This, along with dissatisfaction, lowers metrics like time on site, return visits, etc., and can harm the site.

I will apply what you explained, thanks