Social Media Examiner | How many categories should we have in our blog? | Topic Replies http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/feed/ How many categories should we have in our blog? - Forum Topic in the Group Blogging Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:47:20 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5 en http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-28109<![CDATA[Dea Irby replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-28109 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 02:56:27 +0000 Dea Irby replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the club Blogging thanks for starting this thread, great info on here @afung604

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-27897<![CDATA[Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-27897 Sun, 15 Apr 2012 03:38:00 +0000 Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the club Blogging @mssilvr
Mac's right. Definitely put your domain on your own hosted site (I use WordPress installed on Hostgator) so you build your own asset and not Blogger's.
As far as categories go, since the recent Google […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-27685<![CDATA[Mac replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-27685 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:06:27 +0000 Mac replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the club Blogging add wordpress. there is no reason to have the content anywhere but your own site. 

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-27674<![CDATA[MsSilvr replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-27674 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 06:32:49 +0000 MsSilvr replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the club Blogging I  didn't realize I could do this...will have to check into it! Have had it for awhile, do you think it best to add a Wordpress blog or redirect to it only?
Thanks very much, Mac
Sincerely, Georgi
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-27615<![CDATA[Mac replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-27615 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:54:44 +0000 Mac replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the club Blogging @mssilvr Instead of answering your question, would you consider installing Wordpress on the 123blingbling site? You already have your domain, and you can put your blog so it appears just after the dot com. This […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-27526<![CDATA[MsSilvr replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-27526 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:45:55 +0000 MsSilvr replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the club Blogging So many great ideas and so much I should do, a bit overwhelmed at the moment, I have a business blog site, with a few posts...now I am wondering about feeds, which totally confuse me...I noticed a feed format on […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-2473<![CDATA[Dewane Mutunga replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-2473 Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:52:29 +0000 Dewane Mutunga replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the club Blogging @afung604
In regards to categories, I would suggest having at least 3 different but related categories. 5 categories is ideal but absolutely no more than that. 
I'd definitely try to stay as close to the rule of […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-966<![CDATA[Mike Delgado replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the group Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-966 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:57:36 +0000 Mike Delgado replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the group Blogging @afung604  I have a few favorite keyword tools depending on what I'm working on.  When I'm researching keywords for business and want to know what types of keywords might convert better than other keywords in […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-895<![CDATA[Eugen Oprea replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the group Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-895 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:07:47 +0000 Eugen Oprea replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the group Blogging
@afung604 You can start with the Google Keyword Tool. It's free:
Type in some keywords to start with and then look for the keywords that have a low or medium […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-770<![CDATA[Eugen Oprea replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-770 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:20:28 +0000 Eugen Oprea replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the club Blogging
@afung604 Categories can be really useful better present your content. If you dig dipper into WordPress you will see that you can add custom text messages at the top of your posts listing and use a category as […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-650<![CDATA[Mike Delgado replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-650 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 11:55:59 +0000 Mike Delgado replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the club Blogging @afung604  I build categories on blogs based on keyword research. I started a student productivity blog a while ago, and now have 35 categories of topics all focused on education at StudentHacks.org. It took time […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-633<![CDATA[Apryl Parcher replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-633 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 03:09:49 +0000 Apryl Parcher replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the club Blogging Here's a helpful article from Darren Rowse of Problogger on things to keep in mind when creating categories:http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/10/03/how-to-choose-categories-for-your-blog/Also, it can be […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-612<![CDATA[Phil Mershon replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-612 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:47:57 +0000 Phil Mershon replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the club Blogging That's very helpful, @kristi-hines. You rock! :D

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-611<![CDATA[Kristi Hines replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-611 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:42:01 +0000 Kristi Hines replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the club Blogging @phil-mershon WordPress usually creates a feed for each category.  You can burn that feed with Feedburner and then let people subscribe via email to your Feedburner feed for that category.  
To see if your blog has […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-609<![CDATA[Phil Mershon replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-609 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:20:57 +0000 Phil Mershon replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the club Blogging @afung604 and @kristi-hines
Thanks for this exchange. I've been wondering about this.
I've also wondered if you can create segmented distribution lists so that people only receive emails about categories they are […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-493<![CDATA[Kristi Hines replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/how-many-categories-should-we-have-in-our-blog/#post-493 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:02:27 +0000 Kristi Hines replied to the forum topic How many categories should we have in our blog? in the club Blogging @afun604 I've seen blogs with anywhere from 5 to 50 categories listed in their sidebar.  The way I like to think about categories is (1) will you have a sizable amount of posts under a category?  If not, then you […]

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