Comments on: in which i invent the word tagegory, which is as ugly as the messed-up concept it describes http://wank.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/in-which-i-invent-the-word-tagegory-which-is-as-ugly-as-the-messed-up-concept-it-describes/ apparently there are 34 better blogs about wordpress than this. you should probably go and read one of them instead. Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:04:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Quod Licet Iovi? « JAWW (beta) http://wank.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/in-which-i-invent-the-word-tagegory-which-is-as-ugly-as-the-messed-up-concept-it-describes/#comment-85680 Quod Licet Iovi? « JAWW (beta) Thu, 15 May 2008 21:50:19 +0000 http://wank.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/in-which-i-invent-the-word-tagegory-which-is-as-ugly-as-the-messed-up-concept-it-describes/#comment-85680 [...] this usability issue on multiple occasions both privately and publicly. It only resulted in closing forums threads where it happened. Finally, along with several other volunteers, Automattic banned me from the fora [...] [...] this usability issue on multiple occasions both privately and publicly. It only resulted in closing forums threads where it happened. Finally, along with several other volunteers, Automattic banned me from the fora [...]

]]> By: Perplexing New Features: Multiple Category Widgets and Tagging « one cool site http://wank.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/in-which-i-invent-the-word-tagegory-which-is-as-ugly-as-the-messed-up-concept-it-describes/#comment-84963 Perplexing New Features: Multiple Category Widgets and Tagging « one cool site Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:54:49 +0000 http://wank.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/in-which-i-invent-the-word-tagegory-which-is-as-ugly-as-the-messed-up-concept-it-describes/#comment-84963 [...] posts with the same tags on our own blogs. But, once again, we didn’t get what we expected. We got tags that direct to the same place the categories direct to ie. to the global wordpress.com t.... The only exceptions may be private and mature content blogs. (See comment [...] [...] posts with the same tags on our own blogs. But, once again, we didn’t get what we expected. We got tags that direct to the same place the categories direct to ie. to the global wordpress.com t…. The only exceptions may be private and mature content blogs. (See comment [...]

]]> By: blackrabbit2999 http://wank.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/in-which-i-invent-the-word-tagegory-which-is-as-ugly-as-the-messed-up-concept-it-describes/#comment-81843 blackrabbit2999 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:56:39 +0000 http://wank.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/in-which-i-invent-the-word-tagegory-which-is-as-ugly-as-the-messed-up-concept-it-describes/#comment-81843 thank you wank =] i'll be looking around for hosting options~ thank you wank =] i’ll be looking around for hosting options~

]]> By: Perplexing New Features: Multiple Category Widgets and Tagging « wpbloggingtips http://wank.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/in-which-i-invent-the-word-tagegory-which-is-as-ugly-as-the-messed-up-concept-it-describes/#comment-81807 Perplexing New Features: Multiple Category Widgets and Tagging « wpbloggingtips Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:16:31 +0000 http://wank.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/in-which-i-invent-the-word-tagegory-which-is-as-ugly-as-the-messed-up-concept-it-describes/#comment-81807 [...] posts with the same tags on our own blogs. But, once again, we didn’t get what we expected. We got tags that direct to the same place the categories direct to ie. to the global wordpress.com t.... (The only exceptions are “private” [...] [...] posts with the same tags on our own blogs. But, once again, we didn’t get what we expected. We got tags that direct to the same place the categories direct to ie. to the global wordpress.com t…. (The only exceptions are “private” [...]

]]> By: that girl again http://wank.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/in-which-i-invent-the-word-tagegory-which-is-as-ugly-as-the-messed-up-concept-it-describes/#comment-81802 that girl again Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:11:37 +0000 http://wank.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/in-which-i-invent-the-word-tagegory-which-is-as-ugly-as-the-messed-up-concept-it-describes/#comment-81802 You're not to blame. All I can suggest is: use fewer tags, and think about moving to your own server or a host that isn't so heavily into SEO gaming. You’re not to blame. All I can suggest is: use fewer tags, and think about moving to your own server or a host that isn’t so heavily into SEO gaming.

]]> By: blackrabbit2999 http://wank.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/in-which-i-invent-the-word-tagegory-which-is-as-ugly-as-the-messed-up-concept-it-describes/#comment-81800 blackrabbit2999 Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:47:28 +0000 http://wank.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/in-which-i-invent-the-word-tagegory-which-is-as-ugly-as-the-messed-up-concept-it-describes/#comment-81800 all my posts used to show up on google(in the middle of a mess of tag page returns) when i search the Exact Title, with the ""s and everything, which used to make perfect sense. but since the 7th of nov, it seems all the original pages have been pushed to the bottom of the pile, leaving cluttered tag pages at the top of the results. whats more, the link actually can't be found on the result tag page because of new posts being shown. maybe i did something wrong. i am distressed. i'd love some help X[ all my posts used to show up on google(in the middle of a mess of tag page returns) when i search the Exact Title, with the “”s and everything, which used to make perfect sense.
but since the 7th of nov, it seems all the original pages have been pushed to the bottom of the pile, leaving cluttered tag pages at the top of the results. whats more, the link actually can’t be found on the result tag page because of new posts being shown.
maybe i did something wrong.
i am distressed.
i’d love some help X[

]]> By: google’s pocket « wordpress™ wank http://wank.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/in-which-i-invent-the-word-tagegory-which-is-as-ugly-as-the-messed-up-concept-it-describes/#comment-80910 google’s pocket « wordpress™ wank Sat, 27 Oct 2007 13:40:55 +0000 http://wank.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/in-which-i-invent-the-word-tagegory-which-is-as-ugly-as-the-messed-up-concept-it-describes/#comment-80910 [...] no time in leaping when Google says ‘jump’, so if Google turn a blind eye to their peculiar linking practices it shouldn’t surprise anyone. Google doesn’t need to buy Automattic; it already gets to [...] [...] no time in leaping when Google says ‘jump’, so if Google turn a blind eye to their peculiar linking practices it shouldn’t surprise anyone. Google doesn’t need to buy Automattic; it already gets to [...]

]]> By: Feeling Lucky? « JAWW (beta) http://wank.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/in-which-i-invent-the-word-tagegory-which-is-as-ugly-as-the-messed-up-concept-it-describes/#comment-80496 Feeling Lucky? « JAWW (beta) Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:56:36 +0000 http://wank.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/in-which-i-invent-the-word-tagegory-which-is-as-ugly-as-the-messed-up-concept-it-describes/#comment-80496 [...] in the locked forums thread on “bloated global tags pages PR in action” Kissing Bandit suggested to prevent Global Tags pages from indexing by the search engines [...] [...] in the locked forums thread on “bloated global tags pages PR in action” Kissing Bandit suggested to prevent Global Tags pages from indexing by the search engines [...]

]]> By: that girl again http://wank.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/in-which-i-invent-the-word-tagegory-which-is-as-ugly-as-the-messed-up-concept-it-describes/#comment-80173 that girl again Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:44:05 +0000 http://wank.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/in-which-i-invent-the-word-tagegory-which-is-as-ugly-as-the-messed-up-concept-it-describes/#comment-80173 <blockquote>I really hadn’t noticed how he avoids directly answering questions</blockquote> When I learned that Matt studied political science in college, suddenly a lot of things made a lot more sense to me. His penchant for answering the question he'd <em>like</em> to have been asked rather than the one he actually was is only one of them. Compared to the people on wp-hackers a couple of weeks ago screaming about their blog data being stolen, I don't think those forum threads sound 'paranoid' at all. Matt is never very comfortable discussing anything to do with money, though, so I'm not surprised by his overreaction.

I really hadn’t noticed how he avoids directly answering questions

When I learned that Matt studied political science in college, suddenly a lot of things made a lot more sense to me. His penchant for answering the question he’d like to have been asked rather than the one he actually was is only one of them.

Compared to the people on wp-hackers a couple of weeks ago screaming about their blog data being stolen, I don’t think those forum threads sound ‘paranoid’ at all. Matt is never very comfortable discussing anything to do with money, though, so I’m not surprised by his overreaction.

]]> By: Kissing Bandit http://wank.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/in-which-i-invent-the-word-tagegory-which-is-as-ugly-as-the-messed-up-concept-it-describes/#comment-80172 Kissing Bandit Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:34:35 +0000 http://wank.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/in-which-i-invent-the-word-tagegory-which-is-as-ugly-as-the-messed-up-concept-it-describes/#comment-80172 <blockquote>The tag pages drive hundreds of thousands of pageviews to bloggers they would not get otherwise.</blockquote> But do those pages actually deserve that traffic? And I'm not being facetious. Quite frankly, it's easy for a page that has nothing to do with the information a searcher is looking for to wind up in the global tag page by simply adding that tag to it. As an example, you've just written a post about "bullsh*t" and tag it with "bs". The full term and "bs" is used frequently in the post so people can make no mistake -- the article is, indeed, about bullsh*t. Someone else has written a post about "Britney Spears" and also tags it with "bs". Although Britney Spears is littered throughout the entry, no mention of "bs" is made. Innocent Joe Schmoe comes along and types in "bs" as a search term hoping to find more info on bullsh*t. Instead, he finds himself on a WP tag page where the first entry is about Britney Spears. Think Joe's gonna be happy that he has to dig through crap to find his bs? Not really. Of course, this is just a very generalized example, but I certainly hope it illustrates my point that not all the pages listed in those tag clouds deserve to have the traffic filtered to them. It would be far wiser to pass along the link to the individual pages and let Google-bot, Slurp, MSN Live search bot determine which of those links would be most useful to the searcher. On a side note...I feel famous. I've been mentioned on WW. :) -KB

The tag pages drive hundreds of thousands of pageviews to bloggers they would not get otherwise.

But do those pages actually deserve that traffic? And I’m not being facetious.

Quite frankly, it’s easy for a page that has nothing to do with the information a searcher is looking for to wind up in the global tag page by simply adding that tag to it.

As an example, you’ve just written a post about “bullsh*t” and tag it with “bs”. The full term and “bs” is used frequently in the post so people can make no mistake — the article is, indeed, about bullsh*t.

Someone else has written a post about “Britney Spears” and also tags it with “bs”. Although Britney Spears is littered throughout the entry, no mention of “bs” is made.

Innocent Joe Schmoe comes along and types in “bs” as a search term hoping to find more info on bullsh*t.

Instead, he finds himself on a WP tag page where the first entry is about Britney Spears. Think Joe’s gonna be happy that he has to dig through crap to find his bs? Not really.

Of course, this is just a very generalized example, but I certainly hope it illustrates my point that not all the pages listed in those tag clouds deserve to have the traffic filtered to them.

It would be far wiser to pass along the link to the individual pages and let Google-bot, Slurp, MSN Live search bot determine which of those links would be most useful to the searcher.

On a side note…I feel famous. I’ve been mentioned on WW. :)

-KB

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