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By: pelf

pelf — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:04:15 +0000

I’ve thought about this for the longest time ever, and over the past two months, I’ve tried refining my categories as best I could. But I’m still not satisfied with it.

Perhaps somebody can drop by and help me with some suggestions??

By: Chris Garrett

Chris Garrett — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:03:23 +0000

You do need to take care with dupe content, I found a good half of my posts were in supplemental index until I took steps.

Yes do use search keywords provided they make sense and do not seem spammy to visitors

By: rinku

rinku — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:35:38 +0000

good tips..

By: Thiru

Thiru — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 07:46:37 +0000

Hi Chris,
I am also thinking – what if we should rename the categories based on the most relevant Google search terms that led the readers to our blog. We can always find out from the Google Analytics. And also, we can use the “Site Overlay” tool to analyse which categories are drawing more clicks.

Good posting.
Cheers

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 03:53:09 +0000

Hi Chris,

Interesting post. However there is one thing I am pondering about. I use the Google New Blogger which have recently introduced Labels (Categories). That create pages (and links in the main (home) page which search engines spiders can follow) which will contain identical content as the individual post page (permalink) and initially in the main page too. It is said that search engine penalise duplicate content and any duplicate contents they find on a site goes to the supplemental index (haven’t try to find out what this is or what it implies). However, someone has said that you have to try your best to avoid your pages ending up in the supplemental index of search engines. What is your take on this?

By: Chris Garrett

Chris Garrett — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 22:04:23 +0000

Before you do, look in your stats to see which categories are used currently, don’t throw them all away if not necessary :)

By: Andrew Flusche

Andrew Flusche — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:25:12 +0000

This is a great post! I’ve been considering redoing my categories for quite some time. I think that’s a great weekend project!

Andrew