Comments on: Best Tagging Practices - SEO Audit Every Post http://blog.ninedays.org/2007/12/03/best-tagging-practices-seo-audit-every-post/ web development, photography, tutorials and adventure Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:20:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: remus http://blog.ninedays.org/2007/12/03/best-tagging-practices-seo-audit-every-post/#comment-119 remus Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:47:41 +0000 http://blog.ninedays.org/2007/12/03/best-tagging-practices-seo-audit-every-post/#comment-119 <p>Also you should put a "tag cloud" on your index page.For example if you have lots of articles on "cars" the tag should appear bigger on this cloud.I notice that many of users are going with tags(rather than categories) when they are looking for a specific subject. Cheers</p> Also you should put a "tag cloud" on your index page.For example if you have lots of articles on "cars" the tag should appear bigger on this cloud.I notice that many of users are going with tags(rather than categories) when they are looking for a specific subject. Cheers

]]> By: Ian Beck http://blog.ninedays.org/2007/12/03/best-tagging-practices-seo-audit-every-post/#comment-99 Ian Beck Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:01:13 +0000 http://blog.ninedays.org/2007/12/03/best-tagging-practices-seo-audit-every-post/#comment-99 <p>Another thing to keep in mind about my best practices article, along with most of the articles on Tagamac, is that I'm usually approaching tagging from a desktop perspective (a <a href="http://tagamac.com/2007/08/tagging_realms/" rel="nofollow">private</a> tagging system) as opposed to tagging for a blog.</p> <p>I've yet to sit down and pound out a good approach to public tagging systems. What I've been doing on my own blog is asking myself, "If a visitor likes this article, what other articles will they enjoy?" and tagging based on that. I also try to keep the number of different tags I use to as few as possible, just for my own sanity (I definitely don't want to need to do a clean-up like the one you described).</p> <p>Interestingly, I've been finding that I use my tags far more than my visitors do. I'll use tags to find old articles quickly, but otherwise the tags really only get used by search engines (and I'm pretty sure I've never seen a hit for my tag cloud).</p> <p>Given that I never use them, either, I'm beginning to think that tag clouds online are possibly completely worthless as a navigational tool. Tags are more useful for developing loosely associated relations between articles than for helping people browse effectively.</p> <p>Thanks for the link!</p> Another thing to keep in mind about my best practices article, along with most of the articles on Tagamac, is that I'm usually approaching tagging from a desktop perspective (a private tagging system) as opposed to tagging for a blog.

I've yet to sit down and pound out a good approach to public tagging systems. What I've been doing on my own blog is asking myself, "If a visitor likes this article, what other articles will they enjoy?" and tagging based on that. I also try to keep the number of different tags I use to as few as possible, just for my own sanity (I definitely don't want to need to do a clean-up like the one you described).

Interestingly, I've been finding that I use my tags far more than my visitors do. I'll use tags to find old articles quickly, but otherwise the tags really only get used by search engines (and I'm pretty sure I've never seen a hit for my tag cloud).

Given that I never use them, either, I'm beginning to think that tag clouds online are possibly completely worthless as a navigational tool. Tags are more useful for developing loosely associated relations between articles than for helping people browse effectively.

Thanks for the link!

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