Tags not working.

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  justagrainofsalt · Member · Sep 19, 2013 at 7:20 pm

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  I’ve noticed that with a couple of posts, my none of my tags seem to work. But they work fine with others.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Sep 19, 2013 at 7:41 pm

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  Please understand that we require links to actual examples of what you refer to. Without them we cannot help you so please post them now.

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  timethief · Member · Sep 19, 2013 at 7:43 pm

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  I visited you blog and see that issue that you have created. This is the block of categories and tags you assigned to yopur most recent post. The combined categories and tags you assigned to it include irrelevant categories/tags and exceed the allowed limit.

  Tagged dumplings, Food, Foodie, fried sushi, fusion, Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Michigan, gyoza, Ice cream, Japanese cuisine, japanese restaurant, mochi, sake, Sesame oil, sushi

  All reasons for non-appearance of posts on Topics pages can be found here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/topics/#missing-posts

  As you have assigned a combined total that exceeds 15 Categories/Tags to your posts, you need to edit and delete. http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/edit-posts-screen/ After removal of the excess categories and/or tags note it may take several days for your posts to begin displaying there.

  You are inadvertently spamdexing AKA tag spamming. And, you ought to be more concerned about your posts not appearing and being well ranked on Google and Bing SERPS (search results pages) than not appearing on the WordPress.com Topics pages because it’s search engines that send a significant flow of traffic to blogs and they can choose to bury your content where the sun don’t shine for tag spamming.

  The rule of thumb is to assign the least, not the most, combined number of only relevant categories and tags that accurately describe the post content.

  For tips on tagging see > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/03/15/quick-blog-post-tagging-tips/

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  justagrainofsalt · Member · Sep 20, 2013 at 2:39 am

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  I see, thank you for all the info and help!

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  timethief · Member · Sep 20, 2013 at 2:43 am

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  You’re welcome. Not to worry as a few days after you edit and remove the excess your posts will appear on the Topics pages.