Tags versus Categories: To The Death!

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth

One of the more tricky problems I face in trying to persuade journalists to become good bloggers is explaining the difference between tags and categories. The old post on Climb to the Stars nails the difference perfectly.

Technorati Tags: blogging, blogs, metadata, tagging, tags, taxonomy

Bloggingmetadatatagging
Adam Tinworth

Adam Tinworth Twitter

Adam is a digital journalism lecturer, trainer and writer. He's been a blogger for over 20 years, a journalist for 30 and teaches audience strategy and engagement at City St George’s, London.

Comments

You might also like

A sticker on the outside of an iPad that reads "bloggers always blogging about blogging".

On bloggers and journalists, 20 years on Members Public

An old debate reared its head over the weekend. Why do journalists still misunderstadn what blogging was — and is?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Blogging

Journalism's blog shame Members Public

After two decades, why are so many journalists so wary of the word “blog”?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Blogging

Featured Posts

Why we need new gatekeepers to counter AI slop

Launching the Institute for Creativity and AI

What the hell is happening at Automattic (part 2)?

A knight standing in front of a tattered WordPress held aloft by an army.

AI: should publishers sign up or sue?

AI Friday: a human crafted-guide to our digitally-created future

A journalist kicking back and relaxing while an AI gets on with her work. Well, we can dream, can't we?

Finding news audiences in the social media shift

Finding sceptical news audiences on social media

Author

Adam Tinworth

Adam is a digital journalism lecturer, trainer and writer. He's been a blogger for over 20 years, a journalist for 30 and teaches audience strategy and engagement at City St George’s, London.