Comments on: Tag this http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/01/02/tag-this-2/ by Jeff Jarvis Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:37:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: jiahao http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/01/02/tag-this-2/#comment-126816 jiahao Fri, 08 Sep 2006 03:19:09 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=958#comment-126816 how can i tag people and make a tag colume? how can i tag people and make a tag colume?

]]> By: cullwock http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/01/02/tag-this-2/#comment-25735 cullwock Tue, 17 Jan 2006 22:27:38 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=958#comment-25735 The problem with hierarchical tags is the same as with folders: what's the rule for the hierarchy?! The way you present it might make little sense to other people, in which case they'll never find "reactions to katrina". Unless of course you put "reactions to katrina" under several headings, but then creating tags becomes like sorting folders: end- and pointless. One way I can imagine hierarchical tagging to work is by using a strict thesaurus-like structure, in which only "kind of" relations are allowed for broader terms. Thus, "George Bush" is a kind of "person", "reactions to katrina" is a kind of "opinion" etc. I'm still not quite sure whether this makes things any better, but it certainly seems some advance. I agree that 'pure' tags go a bit out of hand very quickly... cullwock The problem with hierarchical tags is the same as with folders: what’s the rule for the hierarchy?! The way you present it might make little sense to other people, in which case they’ll never find “reactions to katrina”. Unless of course you put “reactions to katrina” under several headings, but then creating tags becomes like sorting folders: end- and pointless.
One way I can imagine hierarchical tagging to work is by using a strict thesaurus-like structure, in which only “kind of” relations are allowed for broader terms. Thus, “George Bush” is a kind of “person”, “reactions to katrina” is a kind of “opinion” etc. I’m still not quite sure whether this makes things any better, but it certainly seems some advance. I agree that ‘pure’ tags go a bit out of hand very quickly…
cullwock

]]> By: June Klein http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/01/02/tag-this-2/#comment-23655 June Klein Sun, 08 Jan 2006 23:03:39 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=958#comment-23655 I agree with your relationships amongst and implementation of tags. Taking a step back, (1)How exactly do you put tags into wordpress, movable type, blogger, Miva storefront and general html websites? (2) Is it a different way to put tags in? (3) Do you take metakeyword code out of your sites? I have 5 websites and the following 3 blogs: callingtheshots.wordpress.com; evolvingboomers.com written in movable type; evolutionoftrading.blogspot.com Please email me when someone answers. Thanks for the topic and your post. I agree with your relationships amongst and implementation of tags. Taking a step back, (1)How exactly do you put tags into wordpress, movable type, blogger, Miva storefront and general html websites? (2) Is it a different way to put tags in? (3) Do you take metakeyword code out of your sites?
I have 5 websites and the following 3 blogs: callingtheshots.wordpress.com; evolvingboomers.com written in movable type; evolutionoftrading.blogspot.com

Please email me when someone answers. Thanks for the topic and your post.

]]> By: TLB http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/01/02/tag-this-2/#comment-22149 TLB Tue, 03 Jan 2006 20:55:36 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=958#comment-22149 On a related note: why is this post tagged the way it is? What do any of the entries under the "book" tag have to do with a "book"? Why are there two "tag"-related tags? Likewise, I believe flickr only allows one word tags. Why tag something with "george" and "bush" when what you actually want is "george-w-bush" or even "president-george-w-bush"? Perhaps we need hierarchical tags: - bush family --- george w bush ----- second term ------- reaction to katrina You could make time and space a dimension of each tag or additional tags, so someone could find "george w bush" related times from Dec. 2005. On a related note: why is this post tagged the way it is? What do any of the entries under the “book” tag have to do with a “book”? Why are there two “tag”-related tags? Likewise, I believe flickr only allows one word tags. Why tag something with “george” and “bush” when what you actually want is “george-w-bush” or even “president-george-w-bush”? Perhaps we need hierarchical tags:

- bush family
— george w bush
—– second term
——- reaction to katrina

You could make time and space a dimension of each tag or additional tags, so someone could find “george w bush” related times from Dec. 2005.

]]> By: Adam Kalsey http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/01/02/tag-this-2/#comment-22015 Adam Kalsey Mon, 02 Jan 2006 22:10:23 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=958#comment-22015 Thanks for the mention. Much appreciated. Thanks for the mention. Much appreciated.

]]> By: Metrics, successes, & flaming disasters in online marketing http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/01/02/tag-this-2/#comment-21992 Metrics, successes, & flaming disasters in online marketing Mon, 02 Jan 2006 16:26:38 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=958#comment-21992 [...] Jeff Jarvis provides a succinct explanation of the role tags will play in the next generation of internet applications (BuzzMachine): “The web is about connections and the value that arises from them if you enable people to collect and communicate. In the old, big, centralised, controlled world of media, a few people with a few tools — pencils, presses and Dewey decimals — thought they could organise the world and its content. But as it turns out, left to its own devices, the world is often better at organising itself.” Powered by WordPress [...] [...] Jeff Jarvis provides a succinct explanation of the role tags will play in the next generation of internet applications (BuzzMachine): “The web is about connections and the value that arises from them if you enable people to collect and communicate. In the old, big, centralised, controlled world of media, a few people with a few tools — pencils, presses and Dewey decimals — thought they could organise the world and its content. But as it turns out, left to its own devices, the world is often better at organising itself.” Powered by WordPress [...]

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