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Tags Reduced from 250 to 25
Readers Benefit from Detailed Tags, Search Engine Rank Does Not.
I hate TAGS. Or at least I think I hate TAGS. Those familiar with FixturesCloseUp know that I slice, dice and parse posts with CATEGORIES, INDEX PAGES, PINTEREST BOARDS, and in the first 6 months of 2013 expanded classifications to over 250 TAGS as Part 1 of this experiment. But SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and total traffic did not improve. So since FixturesCloseUp is also a laboratory for Social Media experimentation (and since neither WordPress not other SEO experts could or would comment), I have cut back radically on TAGS to measure the effect over the next 6 months. You will still be able to find all the segregated and sorted posts under INDEX PAGES, PINTEREST BOARDS and by KEYWORD SEARCH. Just not by TAG. Check Back next January 1 to get a report on the effect of 250 TAGS vs 25 TAGS on a 2,500-post, niche Retail Fixture Blog.
For a related subset of FixtureCloseUp stats posts see…
“Do Tags Hurt or Help Online SEO?” (Part 2)
“Fixtures Close Up Pinterest Rank Scores“
“Proof Complex Tags Reduce SEO“ (Part 1)
“Post-Holiday Fixture Research Rebound“
“December Declines in Fixtures Traced Across 3 Years“
“Unemployment Down, Retail Fixtures Up“
“DOW Closes Lower, Retail Fixtures Higher“
“Fixtures Close Up 2012 Statistics“
“Planetary Alignment Effects in Retail Fixtures“
“Retail Fixture Social Media on a Lunar Cycle“
“Fixture Trends and GlobalShop“
“Fixtures Close Up Now in Russian“
“Fixtures Close Up Cited in University of Manchester Thesis“
“Fixtures Close Up Traffic Spikes During GlobalShop“
“Happy First Birthday to Fixtures Close Up“For the Fixtures Close Up Statistics Index Page see…
“Retail Fixtures Statistics Index Page”