Choosing categories that last

A handful of broad, stable categories and a generous sprinkling of tags will outlive any clever taxonomy.

Categories are the shelves; tags are the labels on the books. Get the shelves right and the rest looks after itself.

Keep them few

Four to eight categories is plenty for most blogs. More than that and authors start guessing, and readers stop trusting the pills at the top of the listing.

Make them stable

A category should still make sense in two years. "News" will. "Spring 2026 launch" will not - that is a tag.

Let tags do the detail

Tags can be as specific as you like. Readers find them by right-clicking a post and choosing "More tagged…", so a precise tag is genuinely useful.

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