Throughout the blogs, forums, and file libraries, you will see sections called "Tags" or "Popular Tags" that are full of keywords of varying sizes. Also, when you are creating or replying to a post, you may see a section called "Tags" or "Edit Tags" where you can add your own "tags".

Ok...So, what's a "tag".  A tag is a keyword or short phrase describing something.  For example, if I were posting a file or topic about "The eating habits of wild buffalo in Montana", I may "tag" that information with "Eating; Buffalo; Montana".

Now that you know what a tag is your next question should be, "So what? What do tags do?" 

Tags organize the information in the Community based on your descriptions.  The more people that tag information with a certain tag, the more popular that tag is and the bigger it appears in the "Popular Tags".  People interested in a "Popular Tag" need only click on that tag to see all the related information for that keyword.  Pretty neat, huh?

What makes a good tag? Good tags are usually one word long (but sometime 2 or 3 words).  You don't want to use silly or "cute" tags because they will never be used by anyone else and your information will not be easy to find.  That said, please feel free to tag your information the way you feel it should be tagged but don't be surprised or offended if a moderator decides to edit your tags.

Have a question or suggestion for tagging? Leave me a comment.

Happy tagging!