That said and done, i believe you cannot create categories and tags on static pages, hence a custom posts would need to be created with the article.

Correct - Well, without looking at other specific templates, then give it a go. Noting ventured and all that

-Andy

I see what you are looking to do Mark but with most templates, when you create a post, it will allow you to set an image and excerpt which is then tagged into the main part of the site. It would be a bit of an odd way to do things if you were to use the portfolio option to link through to a blog post.

I don't really do much in the way of blogging, mainly due to lack of time, but go to my website and click on the Blog link to see an example of the posts populating this section. Is this what you are looking to achieve?

-Andy

On each Wordpress site I have worked on, the Portfolio tends to be image-based and is used to showcase work or products. Unless you have a need to do this, the portfolio tends not to get used that much. That said, I am sure there are lots of people who do use it - I haven't or really seen many sites use it.

To answer your questions:

- What are the benefits of a portfolio page over Static Pages & Posts
See above. Pages are your main structural pages.

- When creating feature rich articles should i use static pages, posts or portfolio.
Articles should be sat in the blog section, which is populated through 'posts'.

I hope this helps.

-Andy

Hi Issac,

Keyword cannibalisation is pretty much exactly that. This is why it is important for pages to be as unique as possible.

The two below are sort of a similar thing, except the first one refers to linking to your key pages from a product page by way of a short sentence that has a link with some nice on-topic anchor text leading off.

• On your product pages, have a text link back to the key page that isn't the crumb-trail. You can also do this from other pages closer to the homepage
• Internal Links to your key pages

-Andy

Hi Issac,

In these circumstances, there are a few things to look at.

• Internal Links to your key pages
• External links to key pages
• Add some unique content to these pages. There is no content currently on them http://www.toaddiaries.co.uk/shop/custom-diaries/mid-year-diaries-14-15
• On your product pages, have a text link back to the key page that isn't the crumb-trail. You can also do this from other pages closer to the homepage
• Make sure there is no keyword cannibalisation going on that could cause Google to choose one page over another
• There is no rel=canonical on any of the pages. Add these so that they self canonicalise
• Check to see if your key pages are indexed by Google. This often goes unnoticed and can have you chasing your tail

See how you get on with those. There are other lesser possibilities, but these should give you some good starting points.

-Andy

Hi Meaghan,

The rank tracker I use will offer this information, and would be happy to set this up and run the report for you if you wish? It will tell you which pages are ranking for which phrases. I can export it and drop this back over.

Drop me an e-mail to info (@) inetseo.co.uk

-Andy