Tag Cloud

Definition of a Tag

In order to understand what is a Tag Cloud, lets first define what a Tag is?

A Tag is a piece of paper, metal or plastic attached to something serving as a mark or label. It's also a key word attached to something or a person for the purpose of description or identification.

Dictionary.com define a Tag as a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label. Or a descriptive word or phrase applied to a person, group, organization, etc., as a label or means of identification; epithet.

In Computing, a Tag is a symbol, mark, or other labeling device indicating the beginning or end of a unit of information.

What is Tag Cloud?

A Tag Cloud can be reffered to as a set of key words used to describe something or a visual representation of the range of topics covered by your blog .

Wikipedia Definitionof Tag Cloud

A tag cloud or word cloud (or weighted list in visual design) is a visual depiction of user-generated tags, or simply the word content of a site, typically used to describe the content of web sites. Tags are usually single words and are normally listed alphabetically, and the importance of a tag is shown with font size or color.[1] Thus, both finding a tag by alphabet and by popularity is possible. The tags are usually hyperlinks that lead to a collection of items that are associated with a tag.

Dictionary definition of Tag Cloud

Tags:

Tags are keywords that help describe a piece of information or a photo.

A tag cloud is a visual representation of these tags. They are listed alphabetically, and the importance of a tag is shown with font size or colour. The more prominent a single tag appears in the tag cloud the more times this tag occurs within the collection.

Summary

A tag cloud is a visual representation of the range of topics covered by your site or blog. The tags that appear in the biggest letters are the tags that you write about the most. Tags are keywords that users add to their changes and blog posts to describe the content and help others find them

References

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tag
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_cloud
http://blogs.amnesty.org.uk/faq.asp?id=41
http://www.flickr.com/help/tags/

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