Leslie-Ann was smiling ear-to-ear because she created a WordPress blog of her own. "I am going to dominate WordPress," she said jokingly.
Moments earlier, she had published a blog post about her being brave enough to join WordPress; she added the "WordPress" tag on that blog post of hers with the intention of other people coming across her blog post.
Later on in the day, she discovered that her blog post had received three likes from random strangers on the internet. "Not bad at all for my first blog post, " Leslie-Ann whispered.
Being the curious person that she was, she decided to check out other blog posts that were tagged "WordPress" in her WordPress Reader; Leslie-Ann was shocked by what she found; while the majority of those blog posts were based on WordPress-related topics, there were a lot of them that had nothing to do with WordPress; such as:
- Blog posts that dealt with recipes.
- Blog posts that were based on poetry.
- Blog posts that were about movie reviews.
- Blog posts that let others know how their day went.
"What an absolute waste," Leslie-Ann said. In spite of being a new blogger, she instinctively knew that blog posts would reach the right set of people if they were tagged correctly; for example:
- Blog posts that dealt with recipes would do much better if they were tagged, "Recipes" or "Food".
- Blog posts that were based on poetry will stand a much better chance of being read if they were tagged, "Poetry" or "Literature".
- Blog posts that were based on movie reviews have a much better chance of being seen by like-minded individuals if they were tagged "Movie Reviews" or "Entertainment".
- Blog posts that dealt with how the blogger's day was like can be tagged, "Personal" or "Daily Adventure".
I can relate to the way in which Leslie-Ann felt because whenever I search a particular tag via the WordPress Reader, I expect to come across topics that are related to that tag.
People are tagging their blog posts haphazardly.
Just in case you did not know, tags are supposed to make your blog posts more manageable and appealing to readers.
Tags are also good for SEO.
The misuse of tags is only a drop in the proverbial bucket; there are other issues that plague the WordPress Reader (So, let us have a look at them together).
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