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Tags Or Labels… Which Is Better?
Tags: categories, classification, folders, folksonomy, gmail, labels, offline, online, search, tagcow, tags, taxonomy
Tags & Labels are slowly replacing Categories & Folders. Generally Folders for email and labels - popularized by Gmail, aims to bring the offline concept to the online world. Someone so used to offline world should find labels a better representation. Also, labels might suit in situations where tags could get misundertood for graffiti & sorting. Folksonomy in general enable better searching and simplify classification/grouping. Tags have the potential to empower or even easily replace search feature for the mainstream users. Labels might suit better for personal use while tags would work for both public and private usage, which are generally well understood. Tagging is also getting commercial with TagCow, paying 4 cents to properly tag a group of 5 photos.
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