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Should archive pages be indexed?
As to the no-index configuration of your category and archive pages; I would definitely recommend no-index on the archive pages because otherwise you run the risk of duplicate content, plus you don’t really want those archive pages ranking for any of the keywords you are targeting.
Can pages have categories in WordPress?
You can now add Categories to the Pages just like you do it for your Posts. Now you can get the pages with specific category with the help of query post/wp_query.
What is the difference between tag and categories in WordPress?
According to the WordPress definition, categories allow you to broadly group post topics, while you can use tags to describe your post in more detail. In an ideal world, we would use categories to group the content on your website into — say — eight to ten global segments.
How to create category pages in WordPress for SEO?
Step 1 – Name your categories appropriately. Again, you want the SEO category pages to tell Google exactly what all posts in that category are about! Step 2 – Write out a short description for each category. This is SO stinking easy for all WordPress users, yet few bloggers have taken advantage of this.
When visitors click on a particular tag, they reach the page whereon all posts, having the same tag, are displayed. It allows them to look for the desired content easily. It helps website owners to get more traffic to their website and chances to interact with visitors. In short, tags are more specific than categories.
When do you add a post to a category in WordPress?
When you create a post you have the option to add it in one or more categories. Pages by default don’t have this option. A properly optimized WordPress theme will show the category of a post in the breadcrumb, like the example below. Category pages may share the same template as your posts and the same sidebar or widgets.
What makes a category page bad for SEO?
A typical website has the following structure: From an SEO perspective category pages have several issues, duplicate content is one of them. A category page that shows the excerpts of a number of posts doesn’t have any unique content since all the content is already available in the individual post pages.