TagCrowd- generate a tag cloud
You have probably seen them on blogs, they are the box of words where words are different sizes and colors. They are known as "Tag Clouds" in internet parlance.
As it relates to blogging and websites, BIGGER words represent more frequent appearances in posts. If you click on one of the words, it brings up all posts that have used that "tag". If you're asking yourself, "What is a Tag?", wonder no more.
A TAG is an association to a topic, subject, project, etc. For example, when I wrote this article, I thought of the tags that summarize this post. They include: Tag cloud, blog, big words, how to, resources for websites, and several more.
More and more things are taking advantage of tags. For example, instead of creating folders for your email, some email programs let you enter tags. When you want to find that email, you simply search for all the tags that are related to the email you're trying to find.
Not too long ago a friend of mine told me about this site: http://www.tagcrowd.com. You can create a tag cloud from a list of words that you've created. Why would you want to do this? Well.... if you want to reach the technologically advanced, you could create a tag crowd graphic for a presentation, brochure, etc. TagCrowd.com makes it easy. However, the ironic thing about this service is that they failed to include examples of tag clouds so others could see what they're all about. I sent them an email to suggest that they should create a gallery of clouds that have been created on their site.
To show you how it works, I copied the text from this blog and pasted it on TagCrowd. Here is an example of a Tag Cloud that was created as a result:
