Comments on: Is the Tag Cloud Dead? http://www.blogherald.com/2008/08/04/is-the-tag-cloud-dead/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:12:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fern http://www.blogherald.com/2008/08/04/is-the-tag-cloud-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-556135 Fern Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:15:20 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=7659#comment-556135 I'd be interested in seeing stats showing how often people click on tag clouds. I personally think they're ugly, difficult to use (unless you're looking for a popular tag), and have never seriously used them on anyone's blog, let alone my own. I’d be interested in seeing stats showing how often people click on tag clouds. I personally think they’re ugly, difficult to use (unless you’re looking for a popular tag), and have never seriously used them on anyone’s blog, let alone my own.

]]> By: dandellion Kimban http://www.blogherald.com/2008/08/04/is-the-tag-cloud-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-555489 dandellion Kimban Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:39:31 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=7659#comment-555489 It would be shame to see tag clouds disappearing. They are a great navigation tool. Problem is that so many bloggers doesn't think about them. It is not just slapping all the keywords one can think of. It takes a bit of thinking about the blog as a whole, relationships between the posts, if something appeared before as a subject and also if here is a chance that the subject will appear again in the future. Then, one should think of the treshold above which a tag appears in the cloud, that is, in how many posts a tag appears before getting into the cloud. It doesn't make much sense to make a mess of dozens of small size words making the cloud half of the sidebar big. Also, tags are a great tool to find related posts. It would be shame to see tag clouds disappearing. They are a great navigation tool. Problem is that so many bloggers doesn’t think about them.

It is not just slapping all the keywords one can think of. It takes a bit of thinking about the blog as a whole, relationships between the posts, if something appeared before as a subject and also if here is a chance that the subject will appear again in the future.

Then, one should think of the treshold above which a tag appears in the cloud, that is, in how many posts a tag appears before getting into the cloud. It doesn’t make much sense to make a mess of dozens of small size words making the cloud half of the sidebar big. Also, tags are a great tool to find related posts.

]]> By: Tech Blogger http://www.blogherald.com/2008/08/04/is-the-tag-cloud-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-555193 Tech Blogger Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:30:54 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=7659#comment-555193 Tag cloud as certainly not Dead, they are taking re-birth in shape if New Delicicious 2... Tag cloud as certainly not Dead, they are taking re-birth in shape if New Delicicious 2…

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