Comments on: Organizing Information: Using Tags versus Categories http://www.basilv.com/psd/blog/2007/organizing-information-using-tags-versus-categories Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:57:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: RhinRiddilin http://www.basilv.com/psd/blog/2007/organizing-information-using-tags-versus-categories/comment-page-1#comment-51404 RhinRiddilin Wed, 14 May 2008 00:22:55 +0000 http://www.basilv.com/psd/blog/2007/organizing-information-using-tags-versus-categories#comment-51404 Thanks a lot for sharing your point of view. I am in the process of reformatting my website and I was trying to decide how to organize my content. I like categories because I'm going for a magazine kind of display, but I do think that the tag cloud allows for more freedom. I still don't know which one I will end up using, but it seems like using both is the only compromise to be made. Thanks a lot for sharing your point of view. I am in the process of reformatting my website and I was trying to decide how to organize my content. I like categories because I’m going for a magazine kind of display, but I do think that the tag cloud allows for more freedom. I still don’t know which one I will end up using, but it seems like using both is the only compromise to be made.

]]> By: holly http://www.basilv.com/psd/blog/2007/organizing-information-using-tags-versus-categories/comment-page-1#comment-31605 holly Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:15:31 +0000 http://www.basilv.com/psd/blog/2007/organizing-information-using-tags-versus-categories#comment-31605 My first answer was to use categories because they feel more usable to me in the sense that I don't have to figure out what the heck a tag cloud is (I only just now learned after reading this article), even though I've seen them many times, I always ignored them (choosing other priorities instead). But, after further thought, I like the fact that more information is available with the cloud. I certainly agree that they represent the relationships in information better. Using different sizes seems no better to me for clouds than using the number "(3)" for a category since both features are best for their respective organization method. My final say is that I prefer to have the option of using both and plan to use both on my website when I get to the point of adding a search feature. Thanks! My first answer was to use categories because they feel more usable to me in the sense that I don’t have to figure out what the heck a tag cloud is (I only just now learned after reading this article), even though I’ve seen them many times, I always ignored them (choosing other priorities instead).

But, after further thought, I like the fact that more information is available with the cloud. I certainly agree that they represent the relationships in information better. Using different sizes seems no better to me for clouds than using the number “(3)” for a category since both features are best for their respective organization method.

My final say is that I prefer to have the option of using both and plan to use both on my website when I get to the point of adding a search feature.

Thanks!

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