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Minnow Mistake... Lesson Learned. by dutybound

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Minnow Mistake... Lesson Learned.
![Minnow.jpg](https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/dutybound/J2LPq72g-Minnow.jpg)

Hey everyone!  Just thought I'd make a quick post to point out something I learned as a Minnow.  Something that I think other Minnows might wanna pay attention to when posting.  I made a real newbie mistake on my last post called:  "Have you ever been so cold it actually hurt to breathe?[](https://steemit.com/art/@dutybound/have-you-ever-been-so-cold-that-it-actually-hurt-to-breathe)"  What was it?  Not paying attention to my tags.  Did you realize that the first tag you use for your post is the actual category your post will reside?  Also, you won't be able to change the first tag you use once you have published.

Now, I was looking at tags like keywords, you get the right 5 that match your content and it makes it easier to find.  This is somewhat true, but they are also categories, with the main one being the first tag.  (If I'm wrong, please let me know.  I'm just going by my own experience with the tags.)  Soooo,. that being said, the first tag you use in your post should match your content as closely as possible.

You see, I put my photography post under art.... of course I had photography in tags too, along with 3 others.  But, getting people to find your photos under art is sort of like heading to the underwear department of a store to find socks.... sure, they are there most of the time, but if there is a full section called socks in the store, you'd probably just go there and skip the underwear section.

I sort of figured that out, shook my head, and went in to edit my post.  I would change "art" to "photography" within tags and fix my mistake.  Well, once posted, you cannot change the first tag.  At least that was what the error said when I tried.  Oh, well, lesson learned.  But, I will be more careful choosing my tags from now on.  Besides, we have a saying where I live... "stupid should hurt."  After all, how else are you suppose to learn anything?

So keep those tags tight, to the point, and watch that first one, it's a doozy. 

(Minnow image from Pixabay.com)
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@bluefinstudios ·
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@dreemsteem ·
hehehe yes - 

but - one thing... tags are neat, but - they aren't as used as they used to be really.  

unfortunate... but true.  doesn't mean you should stop using them!   because some still do use them

but they just aren't as important anymore

however - you're right - the first tag is actually not able to be changed once it's set.  you can see that it actually becomes part of the URL to your post.

you used "steemit" as the first tag, and - look at your URL  its before your name.
 
You can also create your own tag - and start using it... that way - if people want to follow all of the posts that you have under a certain subject - they can find them in one place 

they can also find them in your blog - but that will be in chronological order and ALL your posts.  takes time to fish through.

but say you created "dutyboundtips"   and you did a steemittip once a week...
then if someone clicked on the tag at the bottom of your latest tip post - they could see ALL the posts in that one place :)

so they can be cool!  :)
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@hoaithu ·
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@rlewing ·
An important lesson, thanks for sharing.
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@shadowspub ·
nice work spotting that mistake @dutybound .. how you enjoying the platform so far?
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@dutybound ·
I like it!  Great place to post, get some feedback.  Need to get my steem up so that I can do more, join some programs, but I really think this is a great platform.
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@shadowspub ·
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@tribalwolf · (edited)
That was how I messed up my first introduceyourself post two days ago. Had to learn it the hard way.
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