• 05Dec

    Tagging and Tags

    What is a tag? What is tagging?

    A relevant keyword that is associated with information like a blog entry, video, map and/or photo is called a tag. To be able to classify keyword-based search of information, tagging is used.

    Creating tags to categorize contents according to the key words is one of the more popular  ways to index important topics. Tag clouds are often used to be able to visualize the contents in a certain site. Tagging makes it easy to have posts found by other people who either made thee posts or found by people looking for these key words. Finding related content is now easier with the use of tags.

    Examples of sites that use tags are

    del.icio.us

    technorati

    flickr

    Is it any easier to find relevant information by tagging?

    Web-based communities, mostly blogs, are able to label, tag and share information with others who may have written about the topic/tag. Even those who do not blog but read blogs, searching for particular topics/posts/keyword/tags would be able to see the posts categorized, if there is a system of categorization made.

    Next topic: Memetag

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  • 03Dec

    Linking to a Source

    When citing a source, be these second-hand or third-hand information, linking to the source is very important.

    There are two types of linking, linking the main blog or deep linking to a specific page.

    For example, if I would like to go to the main blog, I will link only Main Blog.

    But if I want to deep link to a specific page in the main blog, bypassing the main blog, I will link Niche Blogging and link will take the one who clicked it to the particular post about niche blogging. Viola! No need to go to the main blog and search for that post.

    Click the title to read more about Linking to Other Pages.

    Filed under: blogging101, web tools
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  • 02Dec

    Photos in Blogs

    A picture is worth a thousand words, according to a proverb that has the idea of pictures telling complex stories more than text can tell.

    Which among the two entries is more interesting?

     

    The leafless trees lift their branches, as if searching the heavens for the answer to their prayers. All around them, the leaves of other trees are slowly falling, signaling the arrival of winter. Oh, how they would endure the harsh winds and the cold and lonely nights.

     

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    Filed under: Visualizations, blogging101
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