Do tag clouds help or hinder SEO?

August 20, 2010 Brownweb 25 comments

Do tag clouds help or hinder SEO? (or do they have no effect)? sppro, New York
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from www.seobook.com Tips on how to do keyword research for search engine optimization to help ensure your site ranks well in search engines like Google.

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Written by jamaludiens about 3 weeks ago.

twing . . .
Written by searchmasters about 3 weeks ago.

The biggest problem with tag clouds
- the tag phrases are often single words – ie Google, or SEO, and as such are unlikely to be able to be ranked on Google for those phrases. Better to be longer phrases
- the tag pages are seldom SEO’ed properly. You need to create an opening paragraph on the pages specifically for that “tag” phrase. I use autogenerated opening paragraph ie “Posts tagged ‘Tag Phrase’ on Domain.com, the place for all things SEO”.
- sad that too many is keyword stuffing
Written by SEODoctorUK about 3 weeks ago.

Matt, by saying don’t use tag clouds as they evaporate your pagerank, you are basically advising pagerank sculpt???
Written by figurethis2 about 3 weeks ago.

cheers for the video Matt
Written by LusoRobotica about 3 weeks ago.

Thanks for all your help. I think that all webmasters should see your videos regulary.

Well, one more question. What micro data is google actually using and how can we help google showing important microdata about our website?

I see that lately google have improved the show of microdata, like the one show in IMDB website.
Written by chempranav about 3 weeks ago.

Very important question it was, & glad you clarified.
Written by bigal21110 about 3 weeks ago.

I say it is safe to stay away from them. Just put latest posts and archive.
Written by MrGr00vy about 3 weeks ago.

@0xC0FF33 Thanks, verry helpfull….
Written by MrGr00vy about 3 weeks ago.

@imrankhanseo Thanks, verry helpfull….
Written by stevo632 about 3 weeks ago.

I tend to find they look like spam to the normal user, and ugly, so from a design point of view, I tend to steer clear.
Written by johnbozi about 3 weeks ago.

thanks I was just wondering to use them or not – and this totally made me decide they are stupid. You are best to link your site as Mat said in ways you control where you want the flow to go to instead of just mirroring what is already there on the page.
Written by vxcriss about 3 weeks ago.

I never liked tag clouds, I think they are useless and an unneeded distraction. But if you love them and don’t want to have any issues with them you can always set nofollow on the links.
Written by 0xC0FF33 about 3 weeks ago.

@MrGr00vy learn using google!! It’s the first link, when you enter his name…
Written by imrankhanseo about 3 weeks ago.

@MrGr00vy Here is the Blog of Mattcutt you can check it out mattcutts com / blog

put . after mattcutts then / then remove space
Written by imrankhanseo about 3 weeks ago.

Good One Matt that’s right if you are placing number of Keyword stuffing with Tag cloud’s it might be harmful for your website.

Regards
Imran Khan
Written by MrGr00vy about 3 weeks ago.

Your blog?
What is the URL to your blog?
Written by bvllets about 3 weeks ago.

I tend to use cumulonimbus tag clouds. I tried some cirrus ones with not alot of luck.
Written by johnnyjayramone about 3 weeks ago.

The way this guy talks “up” at the end of every sentence is annoying!
Written by bellecemb about 3 weeks ago.

THANKS THIS IS GREAT
Written by smallbizonlinecoach about 3 weeks ago.

Aaron you are SEO rockstar! Thanks for sharing all the amazing content!
Written by Etomicmail about 3 weeks ago.

Great content, keep it up. I love your website. I have learned so much from seobook. Thanks Aaron.
Written by egdapo about 3 weeks ago.

Geez u arent showing step-by-step how to do the keyword research arrgghhh
Written by samyakonline about 3 weeks ago.

Thank u for this. great look
Written by DarkMatterMagazine about 3 weeks ago.

outsource the blame…ha. didn’t realize you had so many vids here…I’m not used to learning via video, but I’m gonna give it a try.
Written by varbed about 3 weeks ago.

Thank you Aaron for these great videos.Everyday I check to see what you have added they are great tools to learn while watching.

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