I think the difference is that tags are flat, categories are supposed to have a hierarchical structure. Usually categories are set by the administrator, not by users, as in the case of tags.
On Nov 30, 9:52 pm, Victor <[email protected]> wrote: > Really, I'm no expert, maybe categories are for SEO. However I > believe that tags are more searchable, and you can have as many as you > want. For example, look at engadget, each post has loads of tags. but > fewer categories. I'ld say Categories to allow people look at your > information and tags to add to the keywords meta tag on each post page > for SEO. Once again I'm no expert, just a physics student who loves to > code python and web2py. > But then again Its one of tose questions that make you think. > > Victor > > On Nov 30, 3:30 pm, Thadeus Burgess <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I was just curious why most blogs have archive then? Is it for S.E.O. ? > > > If you have a tagging system, would you really need categories?, since tags > > are basically a "category cloud".... DO you really need both, how do > > categories interact with tags? > > > -Thadeus > > > On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Victor <[email protected]> wrote: > > > IMHO, It's better to use categories because people would generally > > > visit your blog looking for posts on a topic (JQuery, Web2py, > > > Photoshop etc), if you had an "Older/Newer posts" link, then thats > > > fine. > > > > On Nov 29, 10:43 am, Thadeus Burgess <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > What is the benefit or reason for having date-sorted archive links on a > > > > blog? > > > > > -Thadeus > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "web2py-users" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<web2py%[email protected]> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en.
