Gene Smith
Gene Smith on tagging
12/13/08 16:05 Filed in: tagging
Gene Smith,
author of a great book called "Tagging: People
Powered Metadata for the Social Web," has a nice
presentation up on
SlideShare.net.
It's worth taking a look even without any notes. Highly recommended book, too.
It's worth taking a look even without any notes. Highly recommended book, too.
Tagging vs. indexing
The use of
tags by readers has skyrocketed. According to the Pew
Internet and American Life Project, January 2007, one
third of U.S. Internet users (42 million Americans)
had tagged some form of online content. 10 million
Americans (7% of Internet users) are tagging content
daily. (Gary
Smith, Tagging, p. 18)
Here's a new study analyzing tagging practices. Is this "indexing by mob" or is it a valuable source of vocabulary?
PS. I really really recommend this book.
Here's a new study analyzing tagging practices. Is this "indexing by mob" or is it a valuable source of vocabulary?
PS. I really really recommend this book.