Comments on: A little help with my categories, please… http://childrensministryonline.com/random/a-little-help-with-my-categories-please/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:29:58 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: J.C. http://childrensministryonline.com/random/a-little-help-with-my-categories-please/comment-page-1/#comment-740 J.C. Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:54:52 +0000 http://childrensministryonline.com/blog/?p=1836#comment-740 Yeah maybe you combine student ministry and children ministry and fam ministry into a total ministry cat, tech, resources, funny stuff, and leadership J.C.’s last blog post..<a href="http://jcsonline.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/theology-in-childrens-ministry/" rel="nofollow">Theology in Children’s Ministry</a> Yeah maybe you combine student ministry and children ministry and fam ministry into a total ministry cat, tech, resources, funny stuff, and leadership

J.C.’s last blog post..Theology in Children’s Ministry

]]> By: Kenny http://childrensministryonline.com/random/a-little-help-with-my-categories-please/comment-page-1/#comment-734 Kenny Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:36:43 +0000 http://childrensministryonline.com/blog/?p=1836#comment-734 Yeah, I'm looking to "clean up" and take my blog to the next level... whatever that means. :) Yeah, I’m looking to “clean up” and take my blog to the next level… whatever that means. :)

]]> By: John (Human3rror) http://childrensministryonline.com/random/a-little-help-with-my-categories-please/comment-page-1/#comment-735 John (Human3rror) Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:23:46 +0000 http://childrensministryonline.com/blog/?p=1836#comment-735 good for you! especially since you're using wordpress you can maximize your tag usage...! John (Human3rror)’s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Human3rror/~3/ExNvdgg57GY/" rel="nofollow">A Great Social Icons Resource</a> good for you! especially since you’re using wordpress you can maximize your tag usage…!

John (Human3rror)’s last blog post..A Great Social Icons Resource

]]> By: Kenny http://childrensministryonline.com/random/a-little-help-with-my-categories-please/comment-page-1/#comment-737 Kenny Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:14:57 +0000 http://childrensministryonline.com/blog/?p=1836#comment-737 Thanks for the thoughts everyone. When I first started blogging a few years ago, I didn't really understand tags and it hasn't been until the last 8-12 months that I've started using them. So I figured 6-8 categories with tags to take it smaller might help. I guess I've created so many dang categories, I sit there and try to figure out which categories it best fits into... or if I need to create a new category. I assume that left to this pattern, I'd have 100 categories in a few years and I just don't think that would be very helpful. Matt, I like your suggestions... I'll have to continue to give it thought. Thanks for the thoughts everyone. When I first started blogging a few years ago, I didn’t really understand tags and it hasn’t been until the last 8-12 months that I’ve started using them. So I figured 6-8 categories with tags to take it smaller might help. I guess I’ve created so many dang categories, I sit there and try to figure out which categories it best fits into… or if I need to create a new category. I assume that left to this pattern, I’d have 100 categories in a few years and I just don’t think that would be very helpful.

Matt, I like your suggestions… I’ll have to continue to give it thought.

]]> By: Matt McDaniels http://childrensministryonline.com/random/a-little-help-with-my-categories-please/comment-page-1/#comment-736 Matt McDaniels Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:07:47 +0000 http://childrensministryonline.com/blog/?p=1836#comment-736 First of all... it would help to know how many posts are in each category. If there are 5 times more post in one category than another... that's likely a big time keeper. So I suppose my advise would be to look at the content of posts in the past... and consider the content of posts in the future. Base the categories around that.... So anyways... my 6 would be: Technology, Children's Ministry (with tags going to nursery, elementary, tweens...ect), Family Ministry (or possibly just Parent Partnering... leaving it a little more open than just family ministry), Leadership, Resources, and Reviews... with Random or Un-categorized thrown in. First of all… it would help to know how many posts are in each category. If there are 5 times more post in one category than another… that’s likely a big time keeper.

So I suppose my advise would be to look at the content of posts in the past… and consider the content of posts in the future. Base the categories around that….

So anyways… my 6 would be: Technology, Children’s Ministry (with tags going to nursery, elementary, tweens…ect), Family Ministry (or possibly just Parent Partnering… leaving it a little more open than just family ministry), Leadership, Resources, and Reviews… with Random or Un-categorized thrown in.

]]> By: Steve Tanner http://childrensministryonline.com/random/a-little-help-with-my-categories-please/comment-page-1/#comment-739 Steve Tanner Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:50:15 +0000 http://childrensministryonline.com/blog/?p=1836#comment-739 I'm not sure that the argument that "less categories are better" is a global rule. Yes, it helps to find pinpointed content, but I think that has to do more with what your categories actually are. Due to the nature of the coverage I write about over on bevreview.com, we've got a LOT of categories, most of which are pretty heavily indexed from an SEO perspective. But it's probably easier to do that for soft drinks instead of CM :) Steve Tanner’s last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bevreview/~3/543337360/" rel="nofollow">Bottle designs revealed for Pepsi Throwback, Mountain Dew Throwback</a> I’m not sure that the argument that “less categories are better” is a global rule. Yes, it helps to find pinpointed content, but I think that has to do more with what your categories actually are. Due to the nature of the coverage I write about over on bevreview.com, we’ve got a LOT of categories, most of which are pretty heavily indexed from an SEO perspective. But it’s probably easier to do that for soft drinks instead of CM :)

Steve Tanner’s last blog post..Bottle designs revealed for Pepsi Throwback, Mountain Dew Throwback

]]> By: Betsy http://childrensministryonline.com/random/a-little-help-with-my-categories-please/comment-page-1/#comment-738 Betsy Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:45:20 +0000 http://childrensministryonline.com/blog/?p=1836#comment-738 Ummm....definitely keep Orange :) Ummm….definitely keep Orange :)

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