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Taxonomy VS Folksonomy: Google Fight

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Holly at NTEN has a post titled " Taxonomy vs Folksonomy." I ran another googlefight using the word "tagging" instead of the Folksonomy and tagging won! all you need do is just tag something "NPTECH" and mention "folksonomy." Taxonomy won! No surprise. " my hits have quadrupled.

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Joshua Schachter: Future of Tagging

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The tags you use to describe something should be intuitive so you can recall the bookmark. and folksonomy.??? folksonomy. The other aspect of delicious is that I can participate in a tag stream that is of interest to me. That stream of tags that comes through everyday is very rich and a valuable resource.

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NpTech Summary: Nonprofit and Social Change Digg Redux

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nonprofit technology thought leader Marnie Webb created the NpTech Tag as a way for nonprofit techies to share bookmarks on del.icio.us. The result of these ad hoc collaborations was a folksonomy of terms of nonprofit technology related news and a community of taggers. Back in the early days of Web 2.0,

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Tagging is Fabulous! Tagging is Crap!

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There was also a look at the differences between spurl, furl, and delicious in terms of clusters, related tags, bookmarking widgets, private tags, etc. If you wanted to sell this inside a corporation, show the tag stream for the tag taxonomy. The stream of interesting knowledge that comes out of it ???

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Shoulder-to-Shoulder Instructional Media: My Tagging Screencast at NTEN!

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Photo from my flickr stream View the Tagging Screencast Presented by NTEN. s experience (good and bad) with social bookmarking, the NTEN Affinity Group , NpTagvocates, is a great place for discussion with your peers on these topics. 2) Bookmarks can???t Social Bookmarking. Act 1: The Problem. Act 2: Definitions.