Switch from category to tagging

It’s a little bit late, but I finally made the jump onto the tagging bandwagon. Earlier, I’ve been using categories to organize my blog, but with the help of the Wordpress plugin, Ultimate Tag Warrior, the transition to tags could not have been easier. All I had to do was install the plugin and tell it to mirror the current posts’ categories into tags. This saved an enormous amount of time as I would have had to re-tag all the old posts. After that, I got rid of the categories I currently had and made new ones- Bulletins for site related news, Clippings for the asides, Headlines for blog posts more detailed than asides, Journal for posts related to me and Photos for any photos I put up. ELA supports tagging right out of the box, so now my live archives have been changed to reflect the new tagging system.

What are the advantages of tagging over categories you ask? First, the blog is much more organized and allows the readers to find what they want even faster. Second, tags help add some exposure to your blog. Technorati supports tags and most search engines crawlers understand it as well. It’s never hurts to try to attract more readers.