Comments on: Tags And Categories Explained (And The Future Of del.icio.us) http://www.philnash.co.uk/2007/09/26/tags-and-categories-explained-and-the-future-of-delicious/ Phil Nash on Life, London and Lots More Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:12:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Phil http://www.philnash.co.uk/2007/09/26/tags-and-categories-explained-and-the-future-of-delicious/#comment-22 Phil Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:58:13 +0000 http://www.philnash.co.uk/2007/09/26/tags-and-categories-explained-and-the-future-of-delicious/#comment-22 <blockquote>On the whole, I do agree that tagging will be a good thing, but on individual blogs, it’s only useful when it’s done well.</blockquote> It's a good thing you got your message out to the numerous bloggers that read ProBlogger then! I'll certainly be thinking of the people who will use my tags when I come to implement them.

On the whole, I do agree that tagging will be a good thing, but on individual blogs, it’s only useful when it’s done well.

It’s a good thing you got your message out to the numerous bloggers that read ProBlogger then! I’ll certainly be thinking of the people who will use my tags when I come to implement them.

]]> By: Michael from Pro Blog Design http://www.philnash.co.uk/2007/09/26/tags-and-categories-explained-and-the-future-of-delicious/#comment-21 Michael from Pro Blog Design Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:25:38 +0000 http://www.philnash.co.uk/2007/09/26/tags-and-categories-explained-and-the-future-of-delicious/#comment-21 On the whole, I do agree that tagging will be a good thing, but on individual blogs, it's only useful when it's done well. There's a little more to it than just firing a tag cloud code in your sidebar template. Good tags are purpose picked for the user. :) On the whole, I do agree that tagging will be a good thing, but on individual blogs, it’s only useful when it’s done well.

There’s a little more to it than just firing a tag cloud code in your sidebar template. Good tags are purpose picked for the user. :)

]]> By: Phil http://www.philnash.co.uk/2007/09/26/tags-and-categories-explained-and-the-future-of-delicious/#comment-20 Phil Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:34:59 +0000 http://www.philnash.co.uk/2007/09/26/tags-and-categories-explained-and-the-future-of-delicious/#comment-20 Hey Laura, again, as I've said above, I think practice will make it easier. When you start out tagging it will be like throwing random words in the pot. But, as you do it more and more you should find that it becomes more natural and that you will probably get to know the tags that you use. Let's hope so anyway! Hey Laura, again, as I’ve said above, I think practice will make it easier. When you start out tagging it will be like throwing random words in the pot. But, as you do it more and more you should find that it becomes more natural and that you will probably get to know the tags that you use.

Let’s hope so anyway!

]]> By: Laura http://www.philnash.co.uk/2007/09/26/tags-and-categories-explained-and-the-future-of-delicious/#comment-19 Laura Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:22:11 +0000 http://www.philnash.co.uk/2007/09/26/tags-and-categories-explained-and-the-future-of-delicious/#comment-19 It's harder to stay consistent than you might imagine, though. It’s harder to stay consistent than you might imagine, though.

]]> By: Phil http://www.philnash.co.uk/2007/09/26/tags-and-categories-explained-and-the-future-of-delicious/#comment-18 Phil Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:18:43 +0000 http://www.philnash.co.uk/2007/09/26/tags-and-categories-explained-and-the-future-of-delicious/#comment-18 Hi Michael, thanks for stopping by. I can't agree that it's too easy though. Even if you start off by firing random tags at posts you will surely start to learn and over the longer term, everyone's tags will eventually make the whole Internet more ordered and possibly cause an improvement in search, the likes of which Delicious are seemingly heading towards. Maybe there will be a great confused period while everybody gets used to tags now they are standard in WordPress, but I think we can look forward to a better blogosphere in the future. Hi Michael, thanks for stopping by.

I can’t agree that it’s too easy though. Even if you start off by firing random tags at posts you will surely start to learn and over the longer term, everyone’s tags will eventually make the whole Internet more ordered and possibly cause an improvement in search, the likes of which Delicious are seemingly heading towards.

Maybe there will be a great confused period while everybody gets used to tags now they are standard in WordPress, but I think we can look forward to a better blogosphere in the future.

]]> By: Michael from Pro Blog Design http://www.philnash.co.uk/2007/09/26/tags-and-categories-explained-and-the-future-of-delicious/#comment-17 Michael from Pro Blog Design Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:16:24 +0000 http://www.philnash.co.uk/2007/09/26/tags-and-categories-explained-and-the-future-of-delicious/#comment-17 Thanks for the link Phil. Glad you found the article useful. I agree that tagging could hold a lot of promise, but one problem with them is that they're almost too easy to set up. Some people add a tagging plugin, and just fires tags at each post they write. There needs to be a little more thought behind them, otherwise they aren't going to be so useful. :( Thanks for the link Phil. Glad you found the article useful.

I agree that tagging could hold a lot of promise, but one problem with them is that they’re almost too easy to set up. Some people add a tagging plugin, and just fires tags at each post they write. There needs to be a little more thought behind them, otherwise they aren’t going to be so useful. :(

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