Metablog: Taggiversary
“Today is the second anniversary of tags”– this is what the Technorati newsletter announced today. The newsletter also said:
The beauty of tags is that they’re metadata: data about data. What does that mean? Tags actually describe (or categorize) their subject, as opposed to, say, keywords, which just occur within them.
We think tags are becoming popular because on the Live Web, categories and topics are just as, if not more useful than keywords for describing and finding content, especially when that content doesn’t contain lots of text (photos, videos, songs and the like).
The folks at Technorati are celebrating the day and the achievement. It’s only natural to express joy at such grand success — after all, tagging goes beyond blogs. It’s Web 2.0 meets usability meets The Users.
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January 9th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
<p>Hi there…well..I just dropped by your blog…interesting..in every sense of the word..I like the colors..and the thoughts…something caught my eye though…</p>
<p>"proud of this rich heritage. Books, antiques, animals, food, orange juice, dance, music, spirituality, life, culture, people, mythology, art, and languages all interest me."</p>
<p>Interesting order of interests..particularly your brave expression of your love for orange juice..that’s different! </p>
<p>cool stuff.</p>
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January 10th, 2007 at 11:49 pm
Hello Averroes, thanks a lot for your uplifting comment. I am glad you’re enjoying my blog, do come back for more!
January 11th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
I didn’t even know that was considered an new invention! Hmmm… well, whether it is or not… happy birthday, tags!