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Tagging
November 02, 2005
I have to admit, I am very lax about tagging. I have a lot of different blogs, and half the time, I forget to tag my posts, even though I'm blogging with a blogging tool called ecto, which makes creating tags super easy.
(ecto actually makes blogging itself really easy, too - I can sit down and have a power blogging session these days, and it's not painful at all.)
Search Engine Watch has an interesting article on tagging, the reasons why SEW doesn't think tagging works very well in general, and a case analysis of a new site that uses tagging well.
I have yet to see an example of a generalist site that uses tagging (search engine, social bookmarks, etc) that has impressed me with its use of tags in refining or enhancing search. But tagging can work, especially when applied by a relatively homogenous community to a narrow subject. End of rant—here's a look at a site where tagging actually works fairly well.
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Posted by BJ at 11:07 PM in On Blogging, SEO | Permalink
