I have never been a big fan of Wordpress since using it 2 years ago. Perhaps now it is time to reconsider.

Apparently Technorati and Ice Rocket automatically grab all posts in a "Wordpress Category" without the need to make any tags. This would make tag and pinging very easy.

At this site "http://www.raoul.shacknet.nu/software/#wp-plugins"; there are some Wordpress plugins including one called My-Tags that creates "tag directory" tags which if I understand correctly is different from ordinary "tags", and puts these "tag directory" tags automatically in each post and also the rss pheed.

Permalinks has to be enabled and .htaccess set to 777

Lastly, as I am sure most know, as I have received lots of emails, there is a "new" software that will make hundreds of Wordpress blogs. Haven't tried it myself.

If you didn't get such an email here is one of the many links I received: http://www.wpmassinstaller.com/ The price is $49 now and is apparently rising to $59 or more after Sunday.

Castle