“Search Engine Optimization” has its own terms and abbreviations same as in any other specialized field. Today I will look at the terms SEO “SLUG” and the SEO “TAGS”. When creating Posts in WordPress you will be asked for the proper” Tags” or when creating Categories, to label your Posts, you will be asked to enter a Slug.
The SEO “Slug”
A SEO slug is a part or piece of the URL (*) that is used to find this specific Web page on the Website, and also serves to explain the content of this specific Web page, in an easy to read form. As an example of a slug lets look at the following URL page:
HTTP:\link2directcopy.com\test
the last part “test” is called the SLUG which refers to this specific Web page of the above Website.
The “Slug” is important for SEO because it explains to the bots the content of that specific page.
Note (*):
The URL is the Websites’ address of a Website. This is how you find the business you are looking for when searching.
The SEO “Tags”
Meta-Tags or “Tags” are snippets of text (pieces of information) that help make it easier for Search Engine Bots to find what your Website Content is all about; Title and Description. Information intended to both Search Engine and Website Visitors.
The information of the page is placed in the HTML of the document, and are placed in the “Head” section of your Web page document.
I have included screenshots of WordPress Admin for the relevant sections below.
Lincoln (linc2writecopy)
