A search of the phrase, SCHOOL LIBRARY LEARNING 2.0, in 3 different indexes in Technorati--Blog Directory, Tags and Blog Posts--results in the following:
In the Blog Directory, I get 1578 results. This is because it matches the words separately, in any order, not as a single phrase. This is untrue of the search in Tags and Blog Posts, which do search as a single phrase. In Tags I got 12 results and in Blog Posts I got 35 results. There were overlaps; I saw the same blogs--at the top--in the results of all 3 searches. I note, too, that Top 100 Blogs are rated two ways: by number of fans a site has and by authority. Aah haa.
What do I think of tags? They are marvelous. I like the fact that anyone can tag in all of these apps. I am always asking kids to define keyword and subject organization of libraries (the ol' Dewey concept). "What is it about?" Tagging is a variation on that theme--something people get intuitively. And kids will continue throughout their lives to use this concept. On the flip side, it's lowest common denominator at work. What are the most popular tags? Yesterday, a Saturday afternoon, it was "news." This morning (after the big evening out) it is "viagra," followed by "inflammatory arthritis." "News" is now in third place. Aah haa.
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