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Back to EpisodesHow Blog Tags Hurt Your Rankings
Description
You've probably heard this common advice about using blog categories and tags, and it may be demoting your entire website in Google. This episode breaks down why putting keywords into your tag and category names is often a spam signal and how to do it the right way, using a simple analogy.
Timestamps
[0:00] Introduction
[0:45] Why this mistake affects over 80% of new students
[1:30] How Google's spam team works
[2:15] Why categories can be a spam signal
[3:00] Tags have the same problem
[4:30] The clothing store analogy
[5:45] Use tags as filters, not navigation
[6:30] What to do first: remove keyword-based tags
[7:15] What to expect after making the fix
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