Tagging A tag is a non-hierarchical keyword or term assigned to a piece of information (such as an Internet bookmark, digital image, or computer file). Tagging was popularized by websites associated with Web 2.0 and is an important feature of many Web 2.0 services.
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TaggingA tag is a non-hierarchical keyword or
term assigned to a piece of information (such as an Internet bookmark, digital image, or computer file).
Tagging was popularized by websites associated with Web 2.0 and is an important feature of many Web 2.0 services.
Labeling and tagging are carried out to perform functions such as aiding in classification and indicating online identity.
They may take the form of words, images, or other identifying marks.
In 2003 social bookmarking websites like Delicious, provided a way for its users to add “tags”
Delicious also provided browseable aggregated views of the bookmarks of all users featuring a particular tag.
The success of Flickr and the influence of Delicious popularized the concept, and other social softwarewebsites – such as YouTube, Technorati, and Last.fm – also implemented tagging. "Labels" in Gmail are similar to tags.
Tag cloudsWebsites that include tags often display collections
of tags as ”Tag clouds”
A tag cloud (word cloud, or weighted list in visual design) is a visual representation for text data, typically used to depict keyword metadata on websites, or to visualize free form text.