I HATE TAGS
Lincoln Adams | March 27, 2008 @ 8:00 amWhoever thought tags was a wonderful idea for blogging and everything else on the internet should be shot, strung up, skinned, then burned alive.
It’s getting to that I can’t even talk on the phone anymore without thinking up tags to describe the conversation I’m having.
You know, back in the days before dweebie sites like Technorati existed, I used to actually have fun blogging. And then I discovered a few tagging plugins and thought, “Neato, now I can add tags to my blog and give myself a much needed SEO boost! After all, that’s what all the blogging experts are saying!”
Memo to self: Blogging experts are evil bastards who work for Satan and give us bad ass tips on purpose so they can maintain their status as a-list bloggers, while the rest of us continue to trudge around in internet obscurity. Of this I am now utterly convinced.
Because now, instead of being able to just fire off a quick post while I’m in the moment, I have to think up appropriate tags for it as well. Now I absolutely dread to blog because I know sooner or later, I’m gonna have to tag what I wrote.
“Is this tag too generic, or too specific? Did I use too many tags for this post, or not enough? How many synonyms should I use? Was this tag descriptive enough? Is Google gonna hurt me bad because I’m tag bloating my blog?”
I’m ready to reach into my backend here and rip out the plugins powering my tags with my bare hands, but ironically enough a good portion of my traffic comes via my tags archives, so I’m stuck with them for the time being.
Oh man, I’m finished with this post now, so you know what’s coming next. Mommy hold me please.
Ok, ok… deep breath here… deeeeep breath… here we go…
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7 Responses to “I HATE TAGS”
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Yo, Linc. Yeah, I’m not really a big fan of tags either. Especially when you’re wonderful blog program (like Wordpress which I use) has Tags AND Categories. Huh? So now there’s kind of two different things that are the same and both drive me bonkers.
I do, however, love playing freeze tag or even better, TV Tag!
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I prefer laser tag.
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I dig laser tag too, especially when I’m using real lasers.
Oh by the Andrew, thanks for placing an ad on my site!
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Hm. I’ve had similar frustrations. I’ve made up my own solution, for what it is worth. Because search engines crawl tag names, I have changed my permalinks to show only my postname (my blog title name and my post title name). I notice your permalinks have the date, category, and post title- this makes it harder for search engine bots to find you. And I thought you prided yourself as an attractive kind of guy.
And I use my tags and categories in different ways. I think of it as I do a non-fiction, referenced book. I use categories as an index, and my tags as a concordance. A category is named based on the general topic (such as, hiking and camping). A tag is used for more detail (such as, Buck Mountain, John Adams).
Perhaps it would help to think of organizing things this way. Email me if you need more details.
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Actually I had intended to set up my permalinks that way, but it really screwed up one of my more crucial plugins, so I just left it alone. Changing them now would give me more grief than I need right now.
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The only time I worry about tags is when I post a blog entry and go look at it and see that I forgot to tag the crazy entry. I generally just use whatever tags give me a thrill at the moment I am posting. I don’t really care what Google thinks anymore,or any other search engines for that matter.I notice on my sitemeter stats that I am getting hits from Google and Yahoo that have nothing to do with the silly tags anyhow LOL
Maybe that’s why I only get thirteen to twenty visitors per day LOL
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Gees, only 13 to 20 visits? And I’m whining here about only getting a 100 a day.
Actually, that’s still pretty pitiful.
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