Tag Cloud
First of all, what is a tag cloud?
A tag cloud (or weighted list in visual design) is a visual depiction of content tags used on a website. Tags are typically listed alphabetically, and tag frequency is shown with font size or color. Thus both finding a tag by alphabet and by popularity is possible. The tags are usually hyperlinks that lead to a collection of items that are associated with that tag. (Source Wikipedia)
Apparently tag clouds only appeared recently. They are widely used in blogs. But the first website to employ a tag cloud is, not surprisingly, Flickr.
There are 3 types of tag clouds:
1. Font size representing the number of times that tag has been applied to a single item. This displays data about an item that has been added, and precise results are not required.
2. Font size represents the number of items to which a tag has been applied. This shows the popularity of each tag. The tag cloud on this blog, by technorati, is this type.
3. Tags used to categorize items. Larger tags represent larger quantity of contents in that item.
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