WordPress.com Forums » Topic: is it redundant to have same words in both categories and tags? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-it-redundant-to-have-same-words-in-both-categories-and-tags WordPress.com Forums » Topic: is it redundant to have same words in both categories and tags? en Sun, 19 May 2013 13:44:21 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 naturallycuriouswithmaryholland on "is it redundant to have same words in both categories and tags?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-it-redundant-to-have-same-words-in-both-categories-and-tags#post-999053 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:08:00 +0000 naturallycuriouswithmaryholland 999053@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thank you so much, raincoaster!

]]> raincoaster on "is it redundant to have same words in both categories and tags?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-it-redundant-to-have-same-words-in-both-categories-and-tags#post-999001 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 13:09:31 +0000 raincoaster 999001@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If you do that, search engines will likely decide you are a spammer, and that will have a negative impact on your blog.

Since categories and tags function exactly the same way at WordPress.com, there is never any reason to duplicate them.

]]> naturallycuriouswithmaryholland on "is it redundant to have same words in both categories and tags?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/is-it-redundant-to-have-same-words-in-both-categories-and-tags#post-998979 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:55:28 +0000 naturallycuriouswithmaryholland 998979@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Should I enter the same words under "tags" as I do under "categories?" I know I enter "Mammals" under categories, and "Woodchuck" under tags (tags are more specific, I think) but my question is, do I also enter "Mammals" under tags, or is that redundant?

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