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# Tags versus Categories: To The Death!
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2007/01/tags_versus_cat/
- Published: 2007-01-19T18:35:26.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T11:49:49.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: Blogging, metadata, tagging

One of the more tricky problems I face in trying to persuade journalists to become good bloggers is explaining the difference between tags and categories. The old post on Climb to the Stars [nails the difference perfectly](http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2006/02/11/tags-and-categories-are-not-the-same/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com).

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