Technorati Tags
Category: Internet... Navel Gazing...
Posted Saturday, August 06, 2005 at 09:08 PM [GMT-6]

Jim over at Serotoninrain left a comment on a previous post asking for my theory as to why the Technorati-related icon and link wasn't appearing on his blog. It's gone from mine, too, and I'm guessing it's a problem on Technorati's end, as the coding in our templates is still intact.

But in doing some quick research (defined as "clicking around about twice") I ran across this post by Dave Sifry, Technorati's founder. It contains some interesting facts about the adoption rate and current usage of Technorati tags, which the company started tracking last January.

As Sifry [proudly] observes, the adoption rate has been remarkable. More than 25 million posts have been tagged, over 300,000 posts per day are being tagged, and this number represents fully one-third of all the posts tracked by Technorati.

I don't know if tags are the wave of the future, or a passing fad, or one step in a progression of increasingly useful metadata that will help us find what we're seeking on the interweb. But the concept is extremely interesting and worth checking out, if you're a blogging who doesn't use them.

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I am not worthy! Two links in one day from the estimable Fire Ant Gazette (I was about to make that an acronym, but then...)

I'm hoping if I butter you up enough, we'll all get to enjoy some audio of you pickin', if not grinnin' (no, I don't give up easily).

Posted by: Jim at August 6, 2005 09:16 PM

Ever wondered why I always refer to it as "the Gazette"? ;-)

Posted by: Eric at August 6, 2005 09:21 PM

Because calling it "the FAG" gets you wierd google hits?

Posted by: Phelps at August 9, 2005 02:07 PM

Yeah, I get tired of all the Brits looking for cheap smokes.

Posted by: Eric at August 9, 2005 02:12 PM
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