tags and searchability: I’m confused.

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  quirkyhill · Member · Jul 13, 2009 at 4:52 pm

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  can someone tell me the differences between tags and categories??? how is it that one can convert tags into categories…??? first time WP user here and i’m plenty confused…

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jul 13, 2009 at 4:59 pm

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  This will explain the differences between tags and categories: http://support.wordpress.com/posts/categories-vs-tags/ .

  In your dashboard, go to posts > categories, go to the bottom of the page and click on the link to convert categories into tags. When that page appears, at the top will be two buttons: One to covert categories to tags, and one to convert tags to categories.

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  quirkyhill · Member · Jul 13, 2009 at 5:20 pm

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  thanks… btw, what is this global tag thing that i read about here? can others come to your blog via tags?

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jul 13, 2009 at 5:23 pm

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  Yes, if they find one of your posts on the global tags pages and click on it to read more, they are directed to your blog post.

  This support document explains global tags: http://support.wordpress.com/global-tags/ .

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jul 13, 2009 at 5:25 pm

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  By the way, tags and categories you assign to your posts end up in the global tags pages. It isn’t just for tags, and in reality, the search engines treat tags and categories exactly the same so as far as they are concerned, there is no difference. The two are separate here to give you more organizational possibilities.