How Categories & Tags in WordPress effect Readers
Categories in WordPress:
- organize content
- are hierarchical
Examples: main meals, appetizers, desserts
Tags in WordPress:
- are keywords in the content
- are not hierarchical
- may or may not be displayed in the theme
Examples: beef, parsley, broccoli, caramel
How Search Engines view Categories & Tags in WordPress
Categories in WordPress:
- contain a search engine friendly link structure
- optionally used as keywords
Examples:
http://strawberriesareglutenfree.com/category/main-meals
http://strawberriesareglutenfree.com/category/main-meals/beef
Tags in WordPress:
- often used as meta data, keywords
- don’t usually have a hierarchical link structure
