| Do you know what most bloggers and web designers | | | | By customizing the category page, we can remove |
| do with their WordPress Category pages? If you | | | | the potential duplicate content penalty, set our |
| answered nothing, you are correct. | | | | category pages to be followed, and create a host of |
| In fact, it might be fair to say that they do less than | | | | rich content pages that our visitors will love. |
| nothing with their WordPress Category Pages since | | | | WordPress category pages have the potential to be |
| the All In One SEO Plugin, which most tend to use, | | | | of high-interest to your visitors because they are filled |
| will by default add the "no-index", "no-follow" to | | | | with articles similar in nature. |
| your category pages. This means that you are telling | | | | For example, suppose someone is going through a |
| the search engines: Don't look at this page! Don't | | | | divorce due to infidelity. They may want to know |
| index this page! This page is not important! | | | | about divorce, infidelity, and any applicable divorce laws |
| Nothing could be further from the truth. Your | | | | that may apply to infidelity. One article will usually not |
| WordPress Category pages may be the among the | | | | suffice in this case. |
| most interesting pages on your site. | | | | However, a category page with all articles on all of |
| In this article, I'll explore the duplicate content penalty | | | | these topics is just what this person wants. |
| with WordPress Category pages, why we should take | | | | WordPress provides a great explanation on their |
| our WordPress category pages off auto-pilot and | | | | Category Templates article. Essentially, you will find out |
| customize them, and how to make WordPress | | | | the hierarchy of your WordPress files and then |
| Category pages one of the first stops for our visitors | | | | rename the appropriate file to Category-X.php. |
| instead of a "no-indexed" afterthought. | | | | The first thing that is often missing in a category page |
| One of the principal reasons that the All In One SEO | | | | is the proper keywords. When you customize a |
| Plugin sets the "NOINDEX" and "NOFOLLOW" tag on | | | | category page, you are then permitted to add text |
| your WordPress category pages is to address the | | | | above and below the list of posts which will give more |
| duplicate content issue. | | | | definition, and keywords, to the page. |
| WordPress Category pages are often set to show | | | | WordPress Category pages can be heavily trafficked, |
| the entire content of articles within that category. | | | | valuable pages or NOINDEXED, duplicate content |
| Thus, a WordPress category page will have the exact | | | | throw-a-ways. |
| same content as a post that you have written. This | | | | Which would you prefer? |
| may incur a duplicate content penalty within google on | | | | Don't miss out on the opportunity to turn your |
| either the category page or the post page. | | | | WordPress Category pages into an SEO gem. |