Tags

A Tag is a keyword or descriptive term that is associated with a piece of information, sound clip or video on the World Wide Web. Tags have become one of the most prevalent forms of classifying information on the Internet. What makes the use of tags interesting is that the tags are selected by the author/creator of the website, blog entry or other form of media.

Tags are used in two specific ways. The first use of tags is hidden to the viewer, but “visible” to Internet search engines. When a web master creates a web page, they add tags to the web page to indicate what type of content is on that page.

Once the website and its pages (with tags) is submitted to a search engine for review, the search engine will associate the web page with the tags that have been submitted. This is what allows the search engine to give you results based on keywords that you enter into the search engine. For example, when you type “dog leashes” into a search engine, it will produce all of the web pages that have used “dog leashes” as one of the tags for the page.

Tags also provide users with a quick and easy way to navigate the information on the website. Many websites now have tag lists as part of the navigation of the site. Instead of navigating pages in a top down fashion (Part One, Part Two, Part Three, etc) users can click directly on the tag words that interest them the most. Tags are often used in blogs and wiki sites for organic navigation of the site.

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