Comments on: Tweaking Blog Categories For Better Navigation http://www.wayneliew.com/tweaking-article-categorization-for-better-navigation/ Fooling Around The Blogosphere Starts Here Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:56:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Wayne Liew http://www.wayneliew.com/tweaking-article-categorization-for-better-navigation/#comment-3621 Wayne Liew Sun, 30 Dec 2007 02:33:49 +0000 http://www.wayneliew.com/tweaking-article-categorization-for-better-navigation/#comment-3621 Thanks for subscribing. It's still OK for you to realize the mistake now instead of realizing it later on after your blog has a huge database of posts. Keyword rich categories also help search engine to identify the relevance of your posts. Thanks for subscribing. It’s still OK for you to realize the mistake now instead of realizing it later on after your blog has a huge database of posts.

Keyword rich categories also help search engine to identify the relevance of your posts.

]]> By: Clearwater Beach Condos http://www.wayneliew.com/tweaking-article-categorization-for-better-navigation/#comment-3551 Clearwater Beach Condos Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:22:31 +0000 http://www.wayneliew.com/tweaking-article-categorization-for-better-navigation/#comment-3551 Wayne - what a great post and I couldn't agree more. A periodic review also points out categories I need to post about if they're lacking :lol: I recently made the mistake you mentioned and changed my permalink to put the date at then end versus front - OMG what havoc I wreaked - wish I'd read this 3 weeks ago - the end result is 1/3 of my articles are not indexed now - I've been told that Google will respider - but how frustrating when you've worked up to being indexed in just over 1 hour - Grrrrr Lots of great info - glad Michael Martine introduced us - I've subscribed to keep from making other mistakes :-) I've also learned the importance of keyword rich catergories :-) Wayne - what a great post and I couldn’t agree more. A periodic review also points out categories I need to post about if they’re lacking :lol:

I recently made the mistake you mentioned and changed my permalink to put the date at then end versus front - OMG what havoc I wreaked - wish I’d read this 3 weeks ago - the end result is 1/3 of my articles are not indexed now - I’ve been told that Google will respider - but how frustrating when you’ve worked up to being indexed in just over 1 hour - Grrrrr

Lots of great info - glad Michael Martine introduced us - I’ve subscribed to keep from making other mistakes :-)

I’ve also learned the importance of keyword rich catergories :-)

]]> By: Wayne Liew http://www.wayneliew.com/tweaking-article-categorization-for-better-navigation/#comment-3538 Wayne Liew Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:24:37 +0000 http://www.wayneliew.com/tweaking-article-categorization-for-better-navigation/#comment-3538 <strong>@ Ruchir</strong> I know there are many redirection plugins out there but I am still not sure that redirection will pass on the search engine juice well. :neutral: <strong>@ Louis</strong> Getting over 15 is surely too much. I am trying to cut down the number of categories on this blog as well since it is at 20. @ Ruchir
I know there are many redirection plugins out there but I am still not sure that redirection will pass on the search engine juice well. :neutral:

@ Louis
Getting over 15 is surely too much. I am trying to cut down the number of categories on this blog as well since it is at 20.

]]> By: Louis http://www.wayneliew.com/tweaking-article-categorization-for-better-navigation/#comment-3523 Louis Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:23:16 +0000 http://www.wayneliew.com/tweaking-article-categorization-for-better-navigation/#comment-3523 i've 13 categories so far. my upper limit is 15, but i try not to add anymore categories. less categories are better, but must be kept relevant to posts inside. when required, i'll change the category names to a new one more relevant instead of adding another one. i’ve 13 categories so far. my upper limit is 15, but i try not to add anymore categories. less categories are better, but must be kept relevant to posts inside.
when required, i’ll change the category names to a new one more relevant instead of adding another one.

]]> By: Ruchir http://www.wayneliew.com/tweaking-article-categorization-for-better-navigation/#comment-3501 Ruchir Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:42:33 +0000 http://www.wayneliew.com/tweaking-article-categorization-for-better-navigation/#comment-3501 <blockquote cite="a">Changing the structure might get your search engine readers tonnes of 404 errors.</blockquote> Nah, actually that's not true. There are many plugins which will place a 301 redirect on your old permalink structure. So all your posts retain their ranking even if you change the permalink...

Changing the structure might get your search engine readers tonnes of 404 errors.

Nah, actually that’s not true. There are many plugins which will place a 301 redirect on your old permalink structure. So all your posts retain their ranking even if you change the permalink…

]]> By: Making best use of your categories http://www.wayneliew.com/tweaking-article-categorization-for-better-navigation/#comment-3369 Making best use of your categories Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:52:07 +0000 http://www.wayneliew.com/tweaking-article-categorization-for-better-navigation/#comment-3369 [...] Liew has written a post about making best use of the categories on your blog. He makes the point that the new year is a perfect time to take a look at your categories, that may [...] [...] Liew has written a post about making best use of the categories on your blog. He makes the point that the new year is a perfect time to take a look at your categories, that may [...]

]]> By: The Best of the Blogosphere: December 21, 2007 | Super Blogging http://www.wayneliew.com/tweaking-article-categorization-for-better-navigation/#comment-3304 The Best of the Blogosphere: December 21, 2007 | Super Blogging Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:22:06 +0000 http://www.wayneliew.com/tweaking-article-categorization-for-better-navigation/#comment-3304 [...] Tweaking Blog Categories For Better Navigation/a> [...] [...] Tweaking Blog Categories For Better Navigation/a> [...]

]]> By: Wayne Liew http://www.wayneliew.com/tweaking-article-categorization-for-better-navigation/#comment-3176 Wayne Liew Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:26:54 +0000 http://www.wayneliew.com/tweaking-article-categorization-for-better-navigation/#comment-3176 <strong>@ kljs</strong> What if you stop blogging for one day and try to work things out? <strong>@ Jalaj</strong> If you have used the All-In-One SEO Pack plugin for Wordpress, you can stop Google bots from indexing your categories pages. This will make deleting your categories done easily. As for posts inside a category, moving it around will not be a problem if the permalink of the posts doesn't contain any categories in it. :wink: <strong>@ Deimos</strong> Parent and child. Hmm, I think I can work something on this blog with this tip. About the RSS for categories only suggestion, I think it is only good for newspaper sites where tonnes of articles are popping out every day. One blog post a day won't need that I guess... :wink: <strong>@ Tay</strong> Looks like you need to show some earnings stats there. :mrgreen: <strong>@ ahlost</strong> Glad that you always learned something from my articles. @ kljs
What if you stop blogging for one day and try to work things out?

@ Jalaj
If you have used the All-In-One SEO Pack plugin for Wordpress, you can stop Google bots from indexing your categories pages. This will make deleting your categories done easily.

As for posts inside a category, moving it around will not be a problem if the permalink of the posts doesn’t contain any categories in it. :wink:

@ Deimos
Parent and child. Hmm, I think I can work something on this blog with this tip.

About the RSS for categories only suggestion, I think it is only good for newspaper sites where tonnes of articles are popping out every day. One blog post a day won’t need that I guess… :wink:

@ Tay
Looks like you need to show some earnings stats there. :mrgreen:

@ ahlost
Glad that you always learned something from my articles.

]]> By: ahlost http://www.wayneliew.com/tweaking-article-categorization-for-better-navigation/#comment-3169 ahlost Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:18:48 +0000 http://www.wayneliew.com/tweaking-article-categorization-for-better-navigation/#comment-3169 wow.. everytime i come in here... i bring out some knowledge.. thanks for sharing :) wow.. everytime i come in here… i bring out some knowledge.. thanks for sharing :)

]]> By: Tay - Super Blogging http://www.wayneliew.com/tweaking-article-categorization-for-better-navigation/#comment-3157 Tay - Super Blogging Sun, 16 Dec 2007 06:09:25 +0000 http://www.wayneliew.com/tweaking-article-categorization-for-better-navigation/#comment-3157 I've definitely got some cleaning up to do too; thanks for the reminder! I've been trying to maintain my categories properly but there's got to be some stuff out of place. Also, I have one category, the "earnings" category that I haven't updated in months and has only two posts or so - yikes! I’ve definitely got some cleaning up to do too; thanks for the reminder! I’ve been trying to maintain my categories properly but there’s got to be some stuff out of place. Also, I have one category, the “earnings” category that I haven’t updated in months and has only two posts or so - yikes!

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