How many tags do you guys use?

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  creatorvilla · Member · Aug 6, 2019 at 8:44 pm

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  Hey all,

  Good afternoon. I’ve been reading up on the optimal number of tags to use for SEO. People seem to have different ideas. I’ve been using around 8 tags and 2 categories per post, some more some less.

  I’m curious what you guys do or recommend doing?

  Best

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  houstonweaver · Member · Aug 6, 2019 at 9:30 pm

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  “You may have already heard the cardinal rule of tagging on WordPress.com, but it’s worth repeating it: you should never add more than a total of 15 tags and categories, (combined) to your post, otherwise it won’t show up in the Reader. This cap is used to keep out spam blogs — it means that you need to ensure that your tags are only those that are most relevant to your post.

  15 is still a lot! Our advice: mix a few general terms with more specific ones, to appeal to multiple groups of potential readers.”

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories-vs-tags/tagging-tips/

  Sounds like you are being appropriately judicious…

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  houstonweaver · Member · Aug 6, 2019 at 9:37 pm

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  You might also be interested in this support document:

  Optimize your site for search engines (SEO)

  Q&A section includes this:

  Can you tell me how to use tags best for Google?
  We recommend using only a few descriptive, relevant tags per post.