Monday, November 26, 2007

Tagging & Technorati

Ok, I've just been looking through the Tagging section and I have mixed thoughts on the whole thing. I can see where it has its uses and is obviously quite flexible, informal and doesn't require any advanced training, but I must admit I have a liking for the more formalised, systematic methods traditionally used in libraries which encourage consistency and standardisation.

There is probably room enough for both methods to exist side by side though and in the end I suppose a lot is going to depend on your audience and personal preference.

The Technorati site looked like it had its uses for searching for a number of subjects, but much of it seemed to be just links to pop topics of little real interest or use to me so I'm not sure just how much I would really use it.

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