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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Tags) Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the information technology term. For other uses, see Tag (disambiguation). "Tags" redirects here. For the Wikipedia template list, see Wikipedia:Template messages. For a proposal for tagging in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Microformats#MediaWiki issues A tag cloud with terms related to Web 2.0 A tag is a (relevant) keyword or term associated with or assigned to a piece of information (like picture, article, or video clip), thus describing the item and enabling keyword-based classification of information it is applied to.

A folksonomy is a user generated > taxonomy > used to > categorize > and > retrieve > Web pages > , > photographs > , > Web links > and other > web content > using open ended labels called > tags > . Typically, folksonomies are > Internet > -based, but their use may occur in other contexts as well. The process of folksonomic tagging is intended to make a body of information increasingly easy to search, discover, and navigate over time. A well-developed folksonomy is ideally accessible as a shared vocabulary that is both originated by, and familiar to, its primary users. Two widely cited examples of websites using folksonomic tagging are > Flickr > and > del.icio.us > , although it has been suggested that Flickr is not a good example of folksonomy >

Tags A tag is simply a word you use to describe a bookmark. Unlike folders, you make up tags when you need them and you can use as many as you like. The result is a better way to organize your bookmarks and a great way to discover interesting things on the Web.

he website del.icio.us (pronounced as "delicious") is a social bookmarking web service for storing, sharing, and discovering web bookmarks. The site came online in late 2003 and was founded by Joshua Schachter, co-maintainer of Memepool. It is now part of Yahoo!.

Examining what people do online as they look for information, communicate with others, make transactions, and entertain themselves.