Technorati

I got many fewer hits when I searched for "Learning 2.0" in tags than I did when I searched for it in blogs and blog posts. I did find that results with the tag "Learning 2.0" were more focused on the topic than blog entries with the phrase "Learning 2.0" somewhere in them. This reinforced, for me, the whole point of having tags: to make the subject of a post more specific and clearer. The concept is similar to finding the appropriate subject terms--and multiple subject terms--with which to catalog any item in a library in order to make it as easy to locate them as possible. It's all about making information more manageable and accessible. I'm starting to sound like a textbook now, so I'll move on to a different part of the exercise.

I was curious why the number one search when I was looking at Technorati was "taskbar." It actually beat out "olympics" and the subject of many a blog and many a conversation: "men," as well as various actresses that must be cool right now. Maybe a lot of people are having problems with taskbars??? Another popular search was "arab." Arab what? People? Culture? Who knows. I guess the searchers were trying to be too specific.

"Boing Boing," which I've never looked it was a highly ranked blog on both the fan and authoritative list. In the description, it is described as talking about "culutural oddities," and that is definitely true. I decided I would visit the blog, and a post from August 9 discusses a book that is about Franz Kafka's stash of porn. Hrmm.. Puts a whole new spin on his writings doesn't it? All those poor Kafka-obsessed PhD candidates. Now all their interpretations of his work will have to be changed.

There are also many fans of blogs that deal with making money off blogging. That would be an interesting career if you were really good at it...and since I am not, I am going to wrap up this post.