Given the huge popularity in blogging, the development of a site dedicated to searching and tracking blogs makes sense. Technorati is one such site and probably the most popular. Many blogs are set up to automatically "ping" Technorati so it knows to index new content when blogs are updated. This ensures that it accurately reflects the constantly changing content of this medium.
There are several ways to search with Technorati. I tried a search for "learning 2.0", the default search is to search tags. The way these results are presented was discussed in an earlier post. The search can easily be modified to search entire posts. The search for items tagged "learning 2.0" returned 107 hits, while searching entire posts found 513. This is using the default option of searching blogs with "some authority" according to technorati's authority ranking. Modifying the search to include blogs with any authority ranking returned fugures of 1098 and 5047 respectively, including a number of posts that were clearly part of this program. Note also that I was searching for the phrase "learning 2.0" not individual keywords.
The results are obviously different as they reflect the fact the the content of a post may not warrant being tagged as "leanring 2.0" everytime the phrase is used. I also performed the same search using the blog directory search function on the advanced search page. This returned 352 blogs that are tagged that way.
Showing posts with label tags. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tags. Show all posts
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
#13 - del.icio.us
I have been using del.icio.us for sometime as my main bookmarking tool. I like having my bookmarks available whether I am home, work, the library, wherever. Most of the time, that is all I use it for.
Having said that, the social side of it can be handy too. Searching for something with del.icio.us adds a layer of human selection when compared with a simple search engine. You know that someone found the page interesting, or useful. You can even see how many people liked it. You can skim straight past the sites that only a few people liked and focus on the sites that have been tagged my a large number of people. This is one of the key aspects of a web 2.0 application. Del.icio.us can also be a handy browsing tool by looking for sites with a certain tag
I have always liked the site. It is easy to navigate. There is just enough information, without overdoing it. The layout works well for me. Posting new links & selecting tags is easy. I particularly like some of the little things like using progressively darker shades of orange to mark pages that have been tagged by more people.
All up, a site I really like and will no doubt continue to use frequently. My tag cloud is now on the sidebar.
Having said that, the social side of it can be handy too. Searching for something with del.icio.us adds a layer of human selection when compared with a simple search engine. You know that someone found the page interesting, or useful. You can even see how many people liked it. You can skim straight past the sites that only a few people liked and focus on the sites that have been tagged my a large number of people. This is one of the key aspects of a web 2.0 application. Del.icio.us can also be a handy browsing tool by looking for sites with a certain tag
I have always liked the site. It is easy to navigate. There is just enough information, without overdoing it. The layout works well for me. Posting new links & selecting tags is easy. I particularly like some of the little things like using progressively darker shades of orange to mark pages that have been tagged by more people.
All up, a site I really like and will no doubt continue to use frequently. My tag cloud is now on the sidebar.
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