Tag Cloud Presentation

1. Tag Clouds
What are Tag
Clouds?
•A Tag Cloud is a tool used to visually show
the popularity of a tagged word and how
often it has been used.
Example:

2. How does a Tag Cloud work?
A Tag Cloud is a visual representative of how much a word
has been tagged.
The more a word is used and tagged, the larger and
darker/ brighter it will appear within the cloud. When
clicking on the word, you will be shown a page showing all
the articles the word was tagged with.

3. The Three Main Types of Tag Clouds
The first type
uses size to show
the amount of
times a tag has
been attached to
a single word.
The second variation
shows the tag’s
popularity by
displaying the items
(using size as well) to
which a tag has been
used.
The third type uses tags as a grouping means
for content items. Tags are shown in a cloud and
larger tags represent the amount of items in the
group.

4. In what ways do Tag
Clouds benefit us?
Tag clouds provide us with a way to see our most
used keywords
It allows you to group tags that are similar so that they
appear next to each other in the cloud
Depending on the website, some words within your
tag cloud will be highlighted a certain colour, which
then shows the words and subjects you have in
common with other viewers
They show the main subjects and make it easy to
access the websites directly .

5. Tag Cloud vs. Tag Index
Tag Index
Tag Cloud

6. Tips on Tagging
• Tag in moderation, and try to choose words that are
descriptive to avoid Tag clutter on your computer.
•Avoid overlapping tags by using words that mean the
same:
Ex: Tag words as ‘Red’ instead of having multiple words for
the same meaning( maroon, burgundy, cherry red, etc.)
•Stay away from changing tags half way through, if you
start by tagging a word as ‘photography’, don’t tag the next
as ‘pictures’. This will just cause disorganization in the
future.
•It is more efficient to tag using simple words, than to use
complicated words.
• Choosing keywords that might be tagged by other users
can be beneficial to your social bookmarking page.

7. Differences in websites using Tag clouds
Flickr
Uses size to show most used words
Wiki Browser
Uses pictures to visually
represent the word

8. Differences in websites using Tag clouds
Some tag clouds show similar
tags that you have with other
users.
Delicious
Tag Clouds are
used around the
world.

9. Visual effects in tag clouds

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