Comments on: The Practical Guide To Content Tagging In Social Bookmarking http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2009/01/02/the-practical-guide-to-content-tagging-in-social-bookmarking/ Social Media Consulting, Public Speaking and Education Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:29:24 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: JasonFalls http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2009/01/02/the-practical-guide-to-content-tagging-in-social-bookmarking/comment-page-35/#comment-29006 JasonFalls Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:59:47 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=941#comment-29006 I typically just put multiple words together (e.g. - socialmedia). Gives you<br>a singular tag and is easier to remember. And I've also been facing the same<br>challenge on Delicious and have started editing out a lot of tags.<br><br>It's really helpful to keep your tags to 1-2 words and only use 1-2 tags per<br>piece of content. What's it really about? How will you find it if you're<br>looking for it in a year? That'll probably tell you what the tag should be. I typically just put multiple words together (e.g. – socialmedia). Gives you
a singular tag and is easier to remember. And I've also been facing the same
challenge on Delicious and have started editing out a lot of tags.

It's really helpful to keep your tags to 1-2 words and only use 1-2 tags per
piece of content. What's it really about? How will you find it if you're
looking for it in a year? That'll probably tell you what the tag should be.

]]> By: San Diego Webdesign http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2009/01/02/the-practical-guide-to-content-tagging-in-social-bookmarking/comment-page-35/#comment-29005 San Diego Webdesign Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:48:04 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=941#comment-29005 Great guide! I'm still struggling with 2-word tags... How do you handle these? Like: Learn Guitar. Do you write it with a hyphen? Underscore? It doesn't really matter I guess, just don't do a blank. Quotation marks don't work either.... <br><br>As I'm using a couple different Social Bookmarking websites I just have a hard time to remember the specific tagging 'rules' for each site, and at Delicious I have so many useless tags like 'how' and 'to'....<br><br>Is there a secret other than 'remind yourself'? Great guide! I'm still struggling with 2-word tags… How do you handle these? Like: Learn Guitar. Do you write it with a hyphen? Underscore? It doesn't really matter I guess, just don't do a blank. Quotation marks don't work either….

As I'm using a couple different Social Bookmarking websites I just have a hard time to remember the specific tagging 'rules' for each site, and at Delicious I have so many useless tags like 'how' and 'to'….

Is there a secret other than 'remind yourself'?

]]> By: fredpacheco http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2009/01/02/the-practical-guide-to-content-tagging-in-social-bookmarking/comment-page-35/#comment-28991 fredpacheco Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:02:11 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=941#comment-28991 Very infomative blog and how true to keep it simple idea. find out about my blogs on my website and again thanks for the info Very infomative blog and how true to keep it simple idea. find out about my blogs on my website and again thanks for the info

]]> By: article submission services http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2009/01/02/the-practical-guide-to-content-tagging-in-social-bookmarking/comment-page-35/#comment-28512 article submission services Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:54:07 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=941#comment-28512 The more specific your tag is, the more targeted the traffic. Whenever possible, combine your tags into 3 or 4 word phrases. Most blog search engines and bookmarking sites are smart enough to break the words apart and apply your page to the individual word searches as well. The more specific your tag is, the more targeted the traffic. Whenever possible, combine your tags into 3 or 4 word phrases. Most blog search engines and bookmarking sites are smart enough to break the words apart and apply your page to the individual word searches as well.

]]> By: JasonFalls http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2009/01/02/the-practical-guide-to-content-tagging-in-social-bookmarking/comment-page-35/#comment-27516 JasonFalls Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:35:09 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=941#comment-27516 Thanks for taking the time to say so! Much appreciated. Thanks for taking the time to say so! Much appreciated.

]]> By: Andy http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2009/01/02/the-practical-guide-to-content-tagging-in-social-bookmarking/comment-page-35/#comment-27515 Andy Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:13:13 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=941#comment-27515 Almost forgot, just thanks for great stuff. Almost forgot, just thanks for great stuff.

]]> By: Geschenkideen Ostern http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2009/01/02/the-practical-guide-to-content-tagging-in-social-bookmarking/comment-page-35/#comment-27478 Geschenkideen Ostern Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:57:26 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=941#comment-27478 Great tipps for tagging articles, thanks! Great tipps for tagging articles, thanks!

]]> By: Alleinunterhalter Köln http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2009/01/02/the-practical-guide-to-content-tagging-in-social-bookmarking/comment-page-35/#comment-26052 Alleinunterhalter Köln Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:42:16 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=941#comment-26052 thanks on the tagging tips.<br>i love your blog, its very useful.<br>keep it up buddy. thanks on the tagging tips.
i love your blog, its very useful.
keep it up buddy.

]]> By: Technology in the Middle » Blog Archive » Digital Literacy 09: Social Bookmarks http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2009/01/02/the-practical-guide-to-content-tagging-in-social-bookmarking/comment-page-35/#comment-22419 Technology in the Middle » Blog Archive » Digital Literacy 09: Social Bookmarks Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:48:55 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=941#comment-22419 [...] can be challenging.  Social tagging and folksonomy dominate the web, and John Falls’ The Practical Guide to Content Tagging in Social Bookmarking suggests that users should keep it simple, keep it the same, periodically review, and don’t [...] [...] can be challenging.  Social tagging and folksonomy dominate the web, and John Falls’ The Practical Guide to Content Tagging in Social Bookmarking suggests that users should keep it simple, keep it the same, periodically review, and don’t [...]

]]> By: cristal http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2009/01/02/the-practical-guide-to-content-tagging-in-social-bookmarking/comment-page-35/#comment-22174 cristal Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:46:22 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=941#comment-22174 Thanks for the tips on tagging - really useful! Thanks for the tips on tagging – really useful!

]]> By: Jamie10 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/2009/01/02/the-practical-guide-to-content-tagging-in-social-bookmarking/comment-page-35/#comment-21924 Jamie10 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:47:56 +0000 http://www.socialmediaexplorer.com/?p=941#comment-21924 Thanks for this article, it was very informative as before I didn't really have a clue what Social Bookmarking was about. Thanks for this article, it was very informative as before I didn't really have a clue what Social Bookmarking was about.

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