Too Many Categories
Inspired by this post at Golden Practices, which was inspired by this post at Daily Blog Tips, I finally got around to pruning the categories on this blog. Believe it or not, in about a year we had just under 200 posts in 69 categories - clearly too many categories. While the advice helped, I found it difficult to reduce the number of categories below 30 but I will continue to look for ways to simplify. I hope the effort makes the blog easier to use. The search is always there if you need to find something more specific. I didn’t follow all the tips: most posts are filed under multiple categories (something I wish I could do with my printed materials, too).
If I removed any of your favorite categories, like Advergaming or 3D, let me know with a comment or email and I will consider adding it back. If you have any new categories under which you would like us to write then also, please let me know.
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October 14th, 2007 at 4:01 pm
Hi Rob, thanks so much for mentioning my post. I, too, found it tough to trim but overall, I’m happy with the categories I have left. In fact, I don’t think I’ve added any news ones. Most posts seem to have 1-3 natural homes. I like cross-posting, also. My biggest ah-ha came from the realization that my categories were duplicative to begin with. Once cleaned up, cross-posting choices seemed cleaner and more thoughtful. So, now that I’ve found your blog, I’m gonna go explore deeper! Thanks, Michelle