Week 6 # !4

Finally #14.
1. Take a look at Technorati and try doing a keyword search for “School Library Learning 2.0” in Blog posts, in tags and in the Blog Directory. Are the results different?
Blog Posts came up w/ 54 posts.
Tag Posts came up w/0 posts.
Blog directory came up w/243 posts.
I found technorati frustrating. I found some interesting ideas about where librarians want to see libraries/school library media specialists venture.

I like how Technorati highlights the tag.
There is more diversity in the websites that show up in the tags.
I love the silliness portrayed when a website is not available:
Sorry! We have a zillion pages, but not that one.

4. Now that we’ve worked with tags in Flickr, Del.icio.us, and Technorati, what are your thoughts about tagging? What are its advantages? What are its disadvantages?
Each site has an individual thing to offer. They all run on the same premise of using tags groups and can benefit the librarian and the library in some way.

Del.icio.us is for social bookmarking, Flickr is for saving photos and passing it on to friends, family and the world and Technorati to sort through the thousands of blogs the world has to offer.

I am the most familiar with del.icio.us. Saying this, I also have not used the full potential of this wonderful social bookmarking site. Did I mention I love this site?

I love flickr. Last fall, I was home for my cousin's 70th birthday celebration. I took some great photos. Somehow I deleted them in the deal I save them on in my camera. I wish I knew about flickr then. I could have saved myself a lot of grief...
I like what this person said about working for Flickr. "One of the amazing things about working at Flickr is the vast amount of incredible photography it exposes you to. Which can often be both wonderful..."

"Truthfully, I find sites like Technorati overwhelming at first. There are so many sites I want to view at once. (Prioritizing is not always my strong suit). What I like about this site is knowing in the back of my head it is there. I found many of the websites I browsed wonderful.