Tags are one-word descriptors that you can assign to your bookmarks on del.icio.us to help you organize and remember them. Tags are a little bit like keywords, but they're chosen by you. You can assign as many tags to a bookmark as you like and rename or delete the tags later.
For example, if you save an article about how to make a certain kind of Indian curry, you can tag it with recipes butterchicken, roti, naan, dal, or whatever other tags you might use to find it again. You don't have to rely on the designer of a system to provide you with a category for Indina recipes. You make up tags as you need them, and use the tags that make the most sense to you.
This is great for organizing and finding personal data, but it goes even further when someone else posts related content using the same tags. You begin building a collaborative repository of related information, driven by personal interests and creative organization. For instance, to view everybody's bookmarks about biryani, visit http://del.icio.us/tag/biryani
If you don't get it right away, that's OK -- you don't have to. Tagging is pretty intuitive and can take some practice to fully understand. Try it and experiment a bit! There are no wrong tags.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
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Awesome blog post, well done :)
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