The issue has been our for a little while now, but I thought I would note that I have an article about The use of tagging systems in this month’s issue of the ASIST Bulletin. Take a look at Why Are They Tagging, and Why Do We Want
Them To?

Almost everyone has a tagging system the web is facing serious weather with tag clouds on every site. I think it’s interesting to explore the uses of folksonomies and why users bother tagging things in the first place. Here’s an excerpt:

When thinking about adding tagging to a site, the first question should be: What do we want to get out of this? Does the site need something to improve search results or a new navigational facet to better connect related pages? Is the goal to classify lots of multimedia objects with minimal cost or to get users to interact with the site a little more?

Related Posts via Taxonomies

• Tagging and Searching: Search Retrieval Effectiveness of Folkonsomies on the World Wide Web
• Video Presentation on Tagging and Folksonomies
• New social news site – NewsTrust.net
• Scientific proof that Reddit should add a tagging system
• New WordPress plugin available – put tag clouds everywhere with Altocumulus
• Project report – Mealographer
• Update to Altocumulus WordPress Tagging Plugin – version 0.2
• The power of microformats
• Social software and the problem of trust
• Formal usability testing with eye tracking – Mealographer