Tags on wordpress?

0	Just started a wordpress blog (meltonswall.wordpress.com), I understand and have set up categories, but I don't understand Tags, can someone explain what they are, how to use, and if I should use them. Thanks! blog wordpress help tags asked Jun 18 '10 at 21:56 Alex Melton 823●70●81●91

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Tags in WordPress work much the same way tags here on *Lockergnome.net* work. They're a way to help "bubble up" content that's related and group it together so it's easier to find, such as via a tag cloud.

That said, I'm pretty bad about tagging my entries on my personal WordPress blog. It's just a nice feature, if you are disciplined about tagging your entries consistently. Think of them as keywords, basically...

answered Jun 18 '10 at 22:07

ageekmom ♦
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0	Tags are a quick way of organizing your posts. If you are not going to use certain keywords often, use tags. Otherwise, go with categories. answered Jun 18 '10 at 22:15 archaeme 2.3k●33●42●77

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