Tagging the world wide web


	Tagging the world wide web

egoldstein

11-17-2005 11:36 PM

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tags, tagging, flickr, folksonomy, clipmarks, search

egoldstein says:

an overview of tagging. for those of you who aren't familiar with the concept of tagging, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING LATELY??? just kidding of course...a good article to understand the what and why of tagging.

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Also known as "folksonomies," tagging systems are usually created by users themselves, rather than site owners, and make many online services far more accessible and useful than they had ever been before. The practice brings a social context to such resources as blogs, shared bookmarking, photography and even books.
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Because tagging is used as an indexing tool and as a way to search for information, both in discrete databases or across the Internet, some say it is conceivable that the technology could one day give search engines like Google a run for their money.
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Brad Hill, an author who has written about search engines, sees tagging at this stage as a tool for collaborative social use, not for universal searching. But he added that tagging could become so deeply embedded in the social fabric that "tag clouds"--large groupings that collectively cover many areas of information--could one day become the first search choice for many people.
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