The Blog Herald » tagging http://www.blogherald.com The leading source of news covering the blogosphere, Web 2.0, new technology, and related topics. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:25:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Is the Tag Cloud Dead? http://www.blogherald.com/2008/08/04/is-the-tag-cloud-dead/ http://www.blogherald.com/2008/08/04/is-the-tag-cloud-dead/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:24:19 +0000 Thord Daniel Hedengren http://www.blogherald.com/?p=7659 No, I don’t think it is, but if you want to use tags for navigation then just slapping a tag cloud in the face of the user might not be the best way to go. Rob Cottingham declares it dead in a comic strip over at ReadWriteWeb, although he won’t commit to it all the way:

And maybe they were overused and abused back in the day; not every site lends itself to a tag cloud, and not every tag cloud needs to be overwhelming and cluttered. Still, they have their place, and I’d be sorry to see them die out.

What do you think about tag clouds? Share in the comments.

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