Tags help describe an item and allow it to be found again by browsing or searching. Keywords in an article can be used for tags. People can categorize their posts, blog, photos, videos, or music with any tag that makes sense to describe it. Other people can add tags to an article. Tag clouds can be formed. The most used tags are displayed in order of increasing font size. Tagging takes away the worries about choosing the ‘correct’ category for a posting.
However tags can be misspelled – or should that be misspelt?? Words can be found in the singular or plural form. Sometimes tags can be irrelevant and lack precision.
Technorati is an Internet search engine for searching blogs and tagged social media. It can be found at www.technorati.com The Support tab was informative and useful, so too was the FAQ section. In Technorati, there are two kinds of tags. There is the Post Tag and the Blog Tag. The Post Tag is used to describe the topics covered in individual items and is associated to the item either via Tag Code or Category Code (Wordpress Categories, Blogger Labels). This can apply to all types of media such as posts, photos, videos, or music. The About page of Technorati had the following information: Technorati was founded to help bloggers succeed by collecting, highlighting, and distributing the global online conversation. Founded as the first blog search engine, Technorati has expanded to a full service media company providing services to the blogs and social media sites and connecting them with advertisers who want to join the conversation, and whose online properties introduce blog content to millions of consumers.
If only I had time to read all of these blogs!!
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