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Monday, June 7th, 2010 at 5:47 am

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Benefits of a tag cloud on your blog

Labels on a blog is usually presented as a list of eyebrows power that is similar in shape to the categories of a blog. A more efficient way of using labels is presented as a tag cloud - a collection of labels arranged so that the labels used and most important The more often are large, while the lowest incidence is lower in terms of font size. A number of static label existing plug-ins blogging platforms like WordPress, as well as some animation Flash / Javascript label based on plug-ins.

We will not discuss the type of label plug-ins, but describes several advantages of using tag clouds in your blog / website.

For search engines (Google)

Think of tags in a cloud of labels such as 'mashup' of keywords in your blog - a mashup of keywords found in the sidebar of all and every post / page on your website. This is a good source of premium SEO - a factor that helps increase your ranking in Google. Which ultimately translates into more traffic and more income.

A Better User Experience (UX)

Tag clouds are striking and give visitors a good look what the blog covers topics - and also makes the most important issues stand out clearly. Since the most important issue is, the larger the size of the source, this will help a visitor to your web site to differentiate the niche of your blog and what it covers does not cover - or just so simply take a look.

Yet another use when it comes to user experience with desired frequency (UX) is the fact that a target = "_blank" Cloud> tag consists of labels - Tags that if you click to a list of posts covering the subject matter of the label covers. For example, a title tag Google will take the user to a list of posts covering Google. This is very useful in finding information (a specific kind of search) and is also useful, since the systems blog search make use of those marks.

Best Design

Added to a number of technical advantages stated, a tag cloud looks more attractive than a simple list of tags. This is even more evident if the tag cloud is a rotating cloud Flash tag. It makes you a web site look more alive and that is as good blogger knows, rather visitors to a website.

All in all, a tag cloud requires little effort to install - WordPress has a number of plug-ins, Blogger has a number of widgets and other platforms more or less a series of plug-ins or changes in the code tag clouds support. Take a chance and install a tag cloud - not regret it. It's free, after all!

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Adeel Ayub Writes for AbleCommerce. AbleCommerce has been a pioneer, and leader, in the ecommerce software industry for more than 17 years! We deliver an easy-to-use shopping cart system that is full of features, customizable, and affordable for new merchants. Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ablecommerce

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