Search Terms

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  esaie2015 · Member · Sep 22, 2015 at 2:44 am

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  I realize I have no search terms for the search engines. I do have tags. But when I read the entries of the forum, I am definitely confused. People seem to assume you understand the concept. What I need to know is, Do I even need search terms? Can they be the same as the tags? Thanks in advance.

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  auxclass · Member · Sep 22, 2015 at 5:20 am

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  This should help a bit – search engines look at Tags and Categories – but the also look at the text and the words in the text to figure out what your site and Posts are about

  Search Engines and Building Traffic

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-more-views-and-traffic/
  http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/seo-on-wordpress-com/
  http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/seo-and-your-blog/

  The folks at WordPress.com have written an e-book about it! http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/01/31/grow-traffic-ebook/

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  esaie2015 · Member · Sep 23, 2015 at 3:00 am

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  Thanks, auxclass. That helps me understand how it works.

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  auxclass · Member · Sep 23, 2015 at 3:06 am

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  You are welcome & good luck