TAGS  TAGS  TAGS  TAGS  TAGS!



      Can't live with 'em, can't live without them!

A tag is a (relevant) keyword or term associated with or assigned to a piece of information (a picture, a geographic map, a blog entry, a video clip etc.), thus describing the item and enabling keyword-based classification and search of information.

Tags are usually chosen informally and personally by item author/creator or by its consumer/viewers/community. Tags are typically used for resources such as computer files, web pages, digital images, and internet bookmarks (both in social bookmarking services, and in the current generation of web browsers - see Flock). For this reason, "tagging" has become associated with the Web 2.0 buzz. Many people associate "tagging" with the idea of the semantic web, however some believe that tagging may not be having a positive effect on the overall drive towards the semantic web.

I was invited to try JIGLU this week. You simply register your blog, grab the widget for your blog and install it, and Jiglu creates tags for your site(s). The theory is ... Jiglu is a super-smart engine that pieces your site together, intelligently tagging and linking your web content . People can dive straight in and read what they want - your most popular blog entries or even stuff buried deep within your site.  Let's see if it works!