Keywords are words that you can assign to a posting so that it is easier for users to find the posting with your blog's search tool.
If There's a Search Tool Already, Why Keywords?
The Search tool is very good (and quite fast, too!), but it's only good at finding words that appear in entries. However, since it's just a computer program, it's not very good at finding entries containing related terms. Consider the following text:
"We did some more work on Ross' place last night. We replaced the old rotting drywall in the living room and we ripped out its old carpet as well. He told me that we'd have to wait a day to put the new flooring in, as the delivery of parquet he was expecting is late."
This is an entry about a house renovation, but it doesn't actually contain the words "house" or "renovation". If you entered the terms "house renovation" into the search tool, the article containing this text would not be listed in the search results.
Keywords are a way to work around this problem. You could assign the keywords "house" and "renovation" as keywords for the article containing this text. The article would then appear in the list of results if you entered "house" or "renovation" into the Search tool.
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Adding keywords to your posting
