Technorati Tags

— 23-Jan-2005 23:05

I didn’t understand their appeal at first, but now I’m hooked on Technorati’s new tags. So much so that I’ve added tag support to the keywords plug-in I just finished.

What are these tags, you ask? You can see examples of them just below - with just a click, you’re whisked off to Technorati where they present you with recent content that’s been similarly tagged by others. It makes for a refreshing change from searching on Google: the results are new and come from a much smaller pool.

Of course, I’m betting that my enthusiasm will wear off once everyone implements tags and the results get watered down…

Feedback

  1. After a week of waiting for my tags to pop up in Technorati's index, I ran across this useful tidbit on Lisa Jill's site. Now that I've added the tags to my Atom feed we'll see if they pop up...

    jerome — 02-Feb-2005 01:37
  2. And lo, it does work: fresh content.

    jerome — 02-Feb-2005 09:55
  3. Ooh, I helped one of those weird WordPress people! *winks*

    Just kidding... I'm happy you got it working. I really, really wish they'd documented this in their help pages. =/

    Lisa — 02-Feb-2005 09:58