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A Little More on Tagging

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Industry Observer

There's another aspect to tagging your posts that hasn't been discussed in detail yet.  

Tags aggregrate information written by many different authors.  If you are thinking of tags in terms of your own SEO -  your own self promotion - you may not have given this much thought.   But if you are the one doing the "searching-for-information" thing, it is a real benefit.

For example,  if I click "harry potter" in my tag list, I see I have two posts tagged "harry potter".  Then, if I click the link marked "All member posts tagged with "harry potter""

 

I can see everything everyone has written about Harry, and tagged "harry potter":

 

So here's the thought for anyone writing tech tips, tutorials, etc.... We should all use the same tags when we're writing on the same subjects.

Another example, there is a large user group of Kodak V705 camera owners here.  Many have written about it with tips, opinions, or questions.   Most of the posts are tagged V705, a few are tagged Kodak V705.  If you look at the tag list for V705, is does not include posts that were tagged Kodak V705.

Just my 2 cents.

So, I wonder,  when I write about tagging, should I tag it "tagging". "tags" or something else?

Posted by

 

Cheryl Johnson

 



 

 

Comments (6)

Maureen Maureen
Orangeburg, NY
Cheryl - Great information.  I am hit or miss with my tagging.  Going to try to clean it up. 
Sep 05, 2007 02:14 AM
Christopher Johnston
FlexBox Mobile Storage - Philadelphia, PA

Although I think your question may have been retorical, you should tag it with both. That way is listed and searchable under both terms. It feels loosely similar to having a long list of Google Ad Words to capture whatever people maybe searching by.

 Happy Tagging! from one CJ to another

Sep 05, 2007 02:15 AM
Christopher Myers
Orlando Property Group - Orlando, FL
Greater Orlando and Central Florida Real Estate
My tagging has been seriously lacking.  I'll be trying to remedy that.  Thanks for the tips!
Sep 05, 2007 03:57 PM
Joe Dallorso
Ocala, FL
Ocala Real Estate

Hi Cheryl

I've been working on my tags & hadn't thought of this. Another good post. BTW I think your 2 cents are usually worth at least a nickle.

Sep 13, 2007 08:24 AM
Dale Baker
Baker Energy Audits and Commercial Properties Inspections - Claremont, NH
New Hampshire Relocation Real Estate Information

Howdy Cheryl

Thank you for posting some very fine information.

Have a good one

Sep 15, 2007 07:09 AM
Debi Wright
nwRealty.com - Seattle, WA
Great information!  I just read and commented about 'what your tag cloud says about you' (or something like that anyway.)  When I'm 'cleaning my cloud' I'll keep this in mind too. Thanks!
Sep 15, 2007 07:25 AM