Tagging and social bookmarking questions?

[walrus]

Been scouring the boards trying to figure out tagging and social bookmarking for a new blog I am going to create. Am somewhat cofused though. Are these two things one in the same?

No they are not the same thing but they are related. Think of tags as keywords and tagging as something a surfer will do to create a social bookmark. So you could have a tag "blowjob" and a surfer could create a social tag within his "delicious" account and add the tag "blowjob" to it. When he finds your site tagged as "blowjob" he can bookmark it in his social tagging system....clear as mud?

I also am reading alot about Technocrati. Do I have to point my tag links to them? If not do I have to point them to another internal page on my blog (which I don't necessarily want to create)?

No you don't have to point the tag link to technorati. The important part of the keyword structure is

...keyword" rel="tag">keyword</a>

This can point to anywhere as long as the keyword structure is followed and you have the "rel=tag" in the link.

Is there a site that clearly explains all this?

Nope sorry.

Tagging sounds pretty straight forward my problem is that if I create a tag ie:<a href="http://www.stars4porn.com/tag/asian" rel="tag">Asian</a>does this mean I have to create a page:

http://www.stars4porn.com/tag/asian.html?

You should...why would you want a link that leads nowhere? Plus if you look as it as a means of linking like pages together within your site, you've got some SE bonus

And where does technocrati fit into the picture? Don't I have to somehow link up to them to inform them of my tags?

Yes, you need to register (or claim as technorati calls it) your blog at technorati. Other than that you just need to "ping" them to let them know you've updated your blog. They will spider your site, after a ping, and pick up all the tags.

[virgohippy]

Originally Posted by walrus

Yes, you need to register (or claim as technorati calls it) your blog at technorati.

Oops... forgot about this essential part. Must be because I only had to do it once.

[walrus]

Originally Posted by virgohippy

Oops... forgot about this essential part. Must be because I only had to do it once.

All in all you did well....guess my work here is almost complete!!!

[virgohippy]

Originally Posted by walrus

All in all you did well....guess my work here is almost complete!!!

You're not planning on walking away into the abyss, never to be heard from again until the final showdown like those old martial arts masters do in the Hong Kong fight flicks are you?

"Master, I'm not ready to do this on my own! I still need your training!"

"You have learned well, young grasshopper, but... "

Right about here would be when I refuse to listen, run away, and beat up all the town villagers in a dysphoric haze only to later find out you were killed by The Boss, and I have to avenge your death.

[walrus]

Originally Posted by virgohippy

You're not planning on walking away into the abyss, never to be heard from again until the final showdown like those old martial arts masters do in the Hong Kong fight flicks are you?

Na, I've got about 432 posts to go before making the BC club. At the rate I post, that should be in about two years so I'll be here for a long time to come!

One thing to note, at least with Yahoo, before the chicklet actually will work for a surfer you need to add your site to Yahoo's database. The easiest way is to add it manually to your own MyYahoo account.