Playing Tag with Miss Wagstaff
Spotted in the comments on Miss Wagstaff’s blog:
Dimwit and luddite that I am…can you explain tagging? I just came across this on comments
Miss Wagstaff replied: Tagging is a way for you to notice that I’ve linked to your site, so that you can then refer to mine (usually via technorati). If that is you, I’m sure that you know everything there is to know about Welsh poltics and politicians.
It can be a bit wider than that in my opinion - and I’d define “tagging” as “letting another blogger know you are referring to them” (i.e., not necessarily just via a link).
Two are for people who understand blogs:
1 - I put “pippa+wagstaff” as a Technorati Tag. Some bloggers monitor “my Technorati Tag” quite closely, and have been know to find a post about them in as short a period as 20 minutes.
2 - I put a link in the post, which should then be noticed by conscientious bloggers in the “back office” of their blog.
And 2 for the the less blog-aware:
3 - Send them an email.
4 - Send them an instant message.
If you’re trying to do something that needs solid communication to work, then you’d be wise to do both one and two, and one of three or four.
Note to Miss Wagstaff: your blog is now in www.politics-wales.co.uk.
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