#11 Explore Technorati and learn how tags work with blog posts

I.On the home page on the Headlines tab, what are the "Rising Blog Posts by Attention"? How about "Rising News Stories by Attention"?

The Top three blogs were:

1. TWC to Customers: You Don’t Want Tiers, You Don’t Get Super-fast Broadband
2. Beyonce's Daddy to Haters: You're All Idiots
3. Senate Report Confirms Top-Level Officials Authorized Torture


The Top three news stories were:
1. First look: 'Wolf pack' actors grin and bare it for 'New Moon' - USATODAY.com
2. LAP IT UP
3. Newsweek: A miner's daughter battles the industry



II.Click on the "Rising Posts and Stories" tab, then choose "Blogs" from the drop-down menu. How do the results differ from choosing "Blogs and News" from the drop-down menu?
It seems as though the top headlines are from blogs, rather than news sources


III.On the right-hand side of the home page, check out the section called "Tags from What's Rising." What are bloggers talking the most about right now?

• alistair darling
• budget
• business
• businessnews
• comment
• economic policy
• fox soccer
• free
• guardian.co.uk
• money
• nba
• news
• politics
• society
• tax
• tax and spending
• the guardian
• uk news
• united states
• world news


VI Click on "Blogger Central" from the top menu bar. Click on some of the top blogs and examine their tags. Note the use of everyday language in the tagging - this is called a "folksonomy."



V On the top right-hand corner of the page, click on "Advanced Search." Scroll to the bottom and under "Tag Search," type "libraries" into the "Find Posts Tagged" field. How do the results look?


VI Now click on the "Blogs" button in the top menu bar of the home page. Spend some time browsing the blog directory and clicking through some of the categories. Are the results as accurate as those produced through searching tags?