Yoast WordPress SEO Plugin Noindex Tags Tutorial article is part of series of SEO tutorials to support the Stallion WordPress SEO Plugin and Stallion Responsive WordPress SEO Theme.. the noindex robots meta tag does not stop the link benefit from flowing through the Tags to WordPress Posts, the link benefit spent on indexing the tags is wasted.. in the Stallion WordPress SEO Plugin under Not Index I've added Block All Tags option, it's highlighted in red to indicate it's NOT I own over 100 WordPress sites, I've NEVER blocked tag from being indexed, admittedly I do not use tags, except I've never blocked category.. For example this WordPress Post is added to 2 Categories, specifically the Stallion WordPress SEO Plugin Tutorials Category and Yoast WordPress SEO Tutorial Category. It could also be added to Stallion Responsive SEO Theme Tutorials Category BUT I already have lot of tutorials in that Category, so.. Take into account that's LOT of sitewide links to archives and this can have SEO impact on specific Posts SEO targeting of content.. I recognize this SEO problem and I also try to limit the number of categories to minimum. Popular Articles widget is also SEO niched, Posts from the categories this Post is part of so Posts from these two categories only Stallion WordPress SEO Plugin Tutorials Category and Yoast WordPress SEO Tutorial Category. Note the text of Popular Articles links is relevant to this Posts content, it helps this Post SEO wise, go to Home page or another Post and Popular Article links change to match that Posts content.. In creating lot of tags might sound like SEO strategy, and it's at SEO cost, better to limit archives to minimum and allow more SEO benefit to concentrate on WordPress Posts..
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