How many labels/categories do you have on your blog?

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Permalink Reply by Nancy on August 28, 2008 at 9:44am

I had way too many labels because I was always thinking well, somebody might be interested in this topic and it's related to that so I'll label that too .... I have a new respect for the anonymous souls who compile the indexes for history books and biographies. I used to always wonder why authors thanked so and so "for making the fine index".

Anyway, I simply deleted the whole label category from my blog's sidebar. Now my labels below each post lead to other, relevant posts and that's that. No need for housecleaning ....

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Permalink Reply by A Cowboy's Wife (Lori) on August 28, 2008 at 10:27am

I use a lot of tags but try to use few categories. If you're categories get out of hand, you could always use the drop down menu so that they don't clutter up your sidebar;)

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Permalink Reply by Nicole on August 28, 2008 at 11:37am

I've tried to keep it very simple but it's easy to let it get away from you! Every time I'm about to add a new label I ask myself "Is it necessary?"

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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth on August 28, 2008 at 1:26pm

Too many. I need to clean up my blog a little!

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Permalink Reply by Viv on August 28, 2008 at 6:07pm

I have lots of tags, but I don't use categories or labels on my blog, other than my product reviews and contests on the sidebar. I have a google search optimized for just my site, so you can find anything by tag or by subject without having to go through a "cloud" of labels or search through a long category list, and I find that works best for me.

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Permalink Reply by Amy {Mom Spark} on August 29, 2008 at 10:55am

I am constantly streamlining mine into broader categories. Right now I have 35!

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Permalink Reply by Cecelia on August 29, 2008 at 2:41pm

I try to keep it as consice as possible. I was never a fan of scrolling down a page and seeing label after label, though since they're indexed, I want to be as descriptiove as possible. It's a catch 22!

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Permalink Reply by Susan Lindgren on August 29, 2008 at 3:23pm

I have way too many! I have streamlined my newer posts. It has made it easier to catagorize with my new blogger schudule.

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Permalink Reply by Jessica on August 29, 2008 at 7:18pm

I currently add 11 and I'll be adding some more in the future because of the way I have things grouped (by age).

However, I definitely think there's such a thing as too much. I've seen some blog with 30+ categories and it's just a little too much for me to dig through.

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Permalink Reply by Nadine Sheree on September 9, 2008 at 10:32pm

I have a really hard time keeping it down to a reasonable number because I am always worried people might not find what they want, lol. I love wordpress' ability to do subcategories cause then I can set up my template to show main categories and when someone scrolls over them it shows the sub categories in that main category.

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