2. How does a Tag Cloud work? A Tag Cloud is a visual representative of how much a word has been tagged. The more a word is used and tagged, the larger and darker / brighter it will appear within the cloud. When clicking on the word, you will be shown a page showing all the articles the word was tagged with .

3. The Three Main Types of Tag Clouds The first type uses size to show the amount of times a tag has been attached to a single word. The second variation shows the tag’s popularity by displaying the items (using size as well) to which a tag has been used. The third type uses tags as a grouping means for content items. Tags are shown in a cloud and larger tags represent the amount of items in the group.

4. In what ways do Tag Clouds benefit us? Tag clouds provide us with a way to see our most used keywords It allows you to group tags that are similar so that they appear next to each other in the cloud Depending on the website, some words within your tag cloud will be highlighted a certain colour, which then shows the words and subjects you have in common with other viewers They show the main subjects and make it easy to access the websites directly .

5. Tag Cloud vs. Tag Index Tag Index Tag Cloud

8. Differences in websites using Tag clouds Some tag clouds show similar tags that you have with other users. Delicious Tag Clouds are used around the world.

9. Visual effects in tag clouds

10. TAG CLOUDS