Comments on: Questions about tagging http://www.familymanlibrarian.com/2005/12/19/questions-about-tagging/ A blog about family, technology, and libraries Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: <![CDATA[WoW!ter]]> http://www.familymanlibrarian.com/2005/12/19/questions-about-tagging/comment-page-1/#comment-1242 Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:11:37 +0000 http://familymanlibrarian.com/?p=359#comment-1242 There is a substabtial difference in the two technorati tags <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Library%202.0" title="library 2.0" rel="nofollow">Library 2.0</a> and <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/Library2.0" title="Library2.0" rel="nofollow">Library2.0</a>. But that is the whole point that they are folksonomies. And take note, that your current post isn't indezed y technorati yet. Perhaps a good idea to use a service as pingoat after each update of your blog. Quick, simple and very effective. There is a substabtial difference in the two technorati tags Library 2.0 and Library2.0. But that is the whole point that they are folksonomies.
And take note, that your current post isn’t indezed y technorati yet. Perhaps a good idea to use a service as pingoat after each update of your blog. Quick, simple and very effective.

]]> By: <![CDATA[Tim Spalding]]> http://www.familymanlibrarian.com/2005/12/19/questions-about-tagging/comment-page-1/#comment-1241 Mon, 19 Dec 2005 17:36:28 +0000 http://familymanlibrarian.com/?p=359#comment-1241 Check in on LibraryThing's blog. I just added your "uber-tags." Users can now combine VERY similar tags. (It's user-control run wild!!) It's sparked debate. I argue that a tag needs to be very close in both meaning and usage. So, lgbt and glbt may be synonyms, but their top books are very different. Ditto humour and humor. But wwii, ww2, world war ii, world war 2 and world war two? Check in on LibraryThing’s blog. I just added your “uber-tags.” Users can now combine VERY similar tags. (It’s user-control run wild!!)

It’s sparked debate. I argue that a tag needs to be very close in both meaning and usage. So, lgbt and glbt may be synonyms, but their top books are very different. Ditto humour and humor. But wwii, ww2, world war ii, world war 2 and world war two?

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