My friend David and I had an interesting discussion about using del.icio.us and Fintan's Technorati Tag Generator to create tags for local agencies and businesses.
I have experimented with these programs at FireLinks a blog directory I was working on. The idea was to use these tags to act as searchable categories similar to those in Wordpress.
For example:
Firemind by Leon. This is my personal blog. I write about books, blogging, and whatever else seems interesting at the moment.
Firemind - del.cio.us tags:
blog blogger blogging books firelinks musicblog personal photoblog podcast regional
(Note: Since there is only one entry all the pages look the same. If more blogs were added the pages would vary.)
Technorati Tags:
blogging books firelinks local personal photoblog podcast
Extending This Concept:
We could create a blog or webpage and categorize the available resources (Mental Health agencies for example).
Victoria Community Information Database - a database listing groups, organizations, and societies in the Greater Victoria Area.
The del.icio.us tags can be seen here. Each individual tag could also be placed in a database listing or blog post for VCID.
Here are the Technorati Tags:
victoria bc vancouverisland britishcolumbia website resources database vcid
These tags could help extend the information available to people searching a blog or database.
As you can see this discussion produced a lot of thought. David also introduced me to Listible! a website that combines tagging with listing and voting of resources. The site looks interesting.
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