How do I find other blogs in my categories?

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  mybigfatamericandebt · Member · Apr 10, 2007 at 5:02 pm

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  Is there a way to find other people’s blogs that share your own blog’s categories? For example, one of my categories is “frugal living” and I would like to find other people who also have frugal-living-related posts.

  Please excuse me if this is a basic, no-brainer question but I haven’t been able to find the answer yet.

  Thanks.

  “My Big Fat American Debt”

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  timethief · Member · Apr 10, 2007 at 5:07 pm

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  Worpress.com has category/tag pages where the posts we write and assign categories to are displayed.
  Here are examples
  http://wordpress.com/tag/ethical-living/
  http://wordpress.com/tag/green-living/
  http://wordpress.com/tag/simple-life/
  http://wordpress.com/tag/simple-living

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  mybigfatamericandebt · Member · Apr 10, 2007 at 5:19 pm

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  Thanks. So, are the “categories” I’ve assigned my posts the same as the tags of which you speak?

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  judyb12 · Member · Apr 10, 2007 at 5:21 pm

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  If you click the categories in the post (either in the header or footer, depending on the theme), you will be taken to a global tag page for that category.

  Please note, however, if your category is new to the system, it takes a while for it to show up; you might get a message something like “That category does not exist”

  Edit: yes, tags and categories mean the same thing here

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  mybigfatamericandebt · Member · Apr 10, 2007 at 5:25 pm

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  And how long does it normally take for one’s post to show up in that “global tag page”?

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  timethief · Member · Apr 10, 2007 at 6:34 pm

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  Mine show up almost instantaneously. I check them after I post. Also note that you can browse the wordpress.com category/tag pages at this link http://wordpress.com/tags/ and browsing can be helpful when you are deciding which categories/tags to assign to a post. :)