# How Blog Tags Hurt Your Rankings

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Podcast: [Meredith's Husband | SEO for People Who Don't Like SEO](https://stenobird.com/podcast/meredith-s-husband-seo-for-people-who-don-t-like-seo-4389427)
Published: 2026-03-09T07:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

You've probably heard this common advice about using blog categories and tags, and it may be demoting your entire website in Google. This episode breaks down why putting keywords into your tag and category names is often a spam signal and how to do it the right way, using a simple analogy. Timestamps [0:00] Introduction [0:45] Why this mistake affects over 80% of new students [1:30] How Google's spam team works [2:15] Why categories can be a spam signal [3:00] Ta...

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