Tag clouds were a sort of novelty at one time, but they are something I wouldn't use. Given the small amount of space on many blog pages, I think the space could be better used for something else.
Tag clouds can be very risky. Instead of using one, you'd be better off using the space for other more important things like social sharing buttons, featured content, post by categories, etc…
Great info! But just to be clear. Is it better to group multiple posts under a single tag, effectively getting the same results as using a subcategory, or is it better to give every post a specific tag? I noticed that specific tags are getting me noticed better in Google, but of course I don't want to get penalized for using to many of them 🙂
thanks I was just wondering to use them or not – and this totally made me decide they are stupid. You are best to link your site as Mat said in ways you control where you want the flow to go to instead of just mirroring what is already there on the page.
What if the tag cloud links are no follow? (Our tags are not keywords,and are necessary for our site)
Great advice on the use of Tag Clouds for your website!
i dont use tag clouds any longer
Great! Thanks for the short video.
Thank You Mr. Matt
thanks for the info. I was thinking of using Tag Clouds but after watch the video, I will stick with categories on my blog.
great
Tag clouds were a sort of novelty at one time, but they are something I wouldn't use. Given the small amount of space on many blog pages, I think the space could be better used for something else.
Tag clouds can be very risky. Instead of using one, you'd be better off using the space for other more important things like social sharing buttons, featured content, post by categories, etc…
Great info! But just to be clear. Is it better to group multiple posts under a single tag, effectively getting the same results as using a subcategory, or is it better to give every post a specific tag? I noticed that specific tags are getting me noticed better in Google, but of course I don't want to get penalized for using to many of them 🙂
Has anyone tried Keyword Scout?
Very helpful. Thanks! I'm guilty
Very good answer, thank you
I like it beacuse it nice video and give help to work.
Tag Clouds = Style over Substance.
Of course there's a penalty. I personally never liked them. Especially the JavaScript or flash ones. Stupid trend that appears to be over anyway.
Hey great video, and nice to meet you also
I just love that answering 🙂
Matt, by saying don't use tag clouds as they evaporate your pagerank, you are basically advising pagerank sculpt???
@0xC0FF33 Thanks, verry helpfull….
@imrankhanseo Thanks, verry helpfull….
thanks I was just wondering to use them or not – and this totally made me decide they are stupid. You are best to link your site as Mat said in ways you control where you want the flow to go to instead of just mirroring what is already there on the page.