#16 - Technorati & Blog Tagging

This exercise dealt with tagging blog posts and searching them via Technorati. I found that depending on where and what criteria you entered your search terms in, you got different results. I'm guessing this is not only due to differences in tagging, but a time/popularity setting.

I was a little overwhelmed with this exercise, so I didn't go off venturing too far.

I noticed the tag cloud was ever-changing in appearance, shifting from regular to enlarged and bold intermittently, which I found to be interesting. I began clicking on tags to see where they led me.

I also typed in "learning 2.0" in the tag search and in the blog directory search. Each time the results differed to a degree, although there were a few constants.

I typed in my flickr screen name, j.wheaton, and saw the photos I posted of the Cascade Branch. I then typed in my screen name from an art community and social networking site that I hang out on, and to my delight, my blogs, videos and photos were visible. It's nice to see my tagging efforts working for me! :)

I can't get over how often female celebrity names are listed in the tags... it frightens me, really. I did find the amount of tech information contained in the popular section to be quite interesting, and it warranted a few clicks from me, specifically this blog: http://www.technorati.com/blogs/http://gizmodo.com

I didn't really take to technorati the way I took to other sites like librarything and del.icio.us. I just felt it a bit not so user friendly, and kind of overwhelming. I think I might have to give it a chance from time to time to see if it grows on me.