Although there is some amazing advice out there for bloggers here are some pieces of advice I’ve heard often that don’t really work- at least not for me.
Tags– A lot of sites tell you to be very specific with your tags like instead of “food” tag it “lasagna” or “sandwich” but in my opinion this is a really bad idea for multiple reasons. First of all there are a huge number of people who would be interested in food or larger topics in general compared to the number of people interested in a specific thing. By being specific you are losing a lot of traffic. Furthermore, more people are likely to search a general topic on search engines like food rather then a specific one and so again you would be losing traffic.
Niche- A lot of people advice that you stick to one or a minimum amount…
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I use both categories and tags on my blog but it seems like a waste of time…
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I guess it depends on whether or not you’re using keywords on the tags section too
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It’s annoying, yet not as bad as IG…
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Oh that’s quite interesting to note. I used to think that they help drive the right traffic to your posts.
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An insightful, unique post. Had a lot to learn from this. I especially agree with the first point and last point. The last one’s an especially unpopular notion but sometimes, interacting with a spammer might work in your favour too. 🙂
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Thanks and yeah sometimes you can get a spammer to become a follower lol!
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hmm…that’s interesting.
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That’s so true. I just read a book that says one wants to mix up the tags–non-specific ones and specific ones together.
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Yeah I totally agree with that book. That’s what works best in my opinion.
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Great advice!
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I completely agree with your points. You lose a lot of traffic if you use a specific tag instead of a general tag and if your blog is a niche blog. When we have a niche blog people do have the choice to read from different topics but in a niche blog, they don’t have a choice.
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Yeah absolutely. Broader tags have a much larger audience and statistically you’re more likely to reach more people on those.
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some wonderful, and counter-intuitive, tips.
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Thank you!
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Smart idea to not be sooo specific but broad enough. Great post 💖👏👏👏
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You have to find a middle ground!
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absolutely!❣️❣️
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Hey Poojq, you really did call out some of these tips well and it makes sense. I’m probably going to avoid some of these tips now for my blog.
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I’m glad the post made sense to you and I hope it helps!
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Sorry I spelled your name wrong, but nice to meet you!
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awesome post. just came by it toeay and just brushed through the comments. nice.
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Thanks so much!
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