|
|
Posted by Animesh K on 08/14/07 22:08
Bernhard Sturm wrote:
> Animesh K wrote:
>> Bernhard Sturm wrote:
>
>>> errm... a lot of 'business or information' websites are using
>>> tag-clouds as a mean of a metanavigational element. check out:
>>>
>>> http://www.spiegel.de
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/
>>> http://del.icio.us/tag/
>>> http://www.istockphoto.com
>>> ...
>>>
>>
>> I think by business BTS meant sites which actually sell something (and
>> ship it to you). He didn't mean personal data organizer or personal
>> interaction type websites.
>
> sorry, now I am confused. Did you visited any of the above sites, or are
> you just guessing?
> Doesn't DER SPIEGEL sell it's news? FYI: this is one of the largest
> news-magazins worldwide. SPIEGEL ONLINE is the market leader for
> news-portals (including their hourly produced online-tv-broadcasts).
> Associated to DER SPIEGEL is manager magazin and Harvard
> Businessmanager. You have to pay for using their news-services...
> And for iStockPhoto: Have you ever visited the site? You have to pay if
> you want to use their services...
>
> If you really want the company, that is after the bucks, then check this
> tag-cloud (yes, the one company, that also people in the US know about):
>
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Tags-Cloud.aspx
>
> (and don't tell me ever again, that tag-clouds are for personal data
> organizer websites only :-)
>
> HTH
> bernhard
>
If you read carefully, I said "I think ..." Certainly I don't know
what's in the mind of BTS.
Again for selling, I said sites which "ship" (like amazon, dell etc.)
unlike companies which sell soft products or data organization tools.
As far as usability of tag-cloud goes, I have stressed before that I
found them usable and that's am trying to incorporate them. Btw, one
question: Do you think links in tag-clouds should be underlined? Jukka
did have a point that nothing looks like a hyperlink ... and I think
underlines improve the reading (at least they tell which words are grouped).
Navigation:
[Reply to this message]
|