The Tagging Toolbox: 30+ Tagging Tools

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Tags - for some, one of the best ideas on the web, for others, merely a visual distraction. Yes, we're talking about those loosely defined categories which are usually organized into cute little clouds. Looking for tag-related resources can be tough, so we've dug up 30 tools and resources that every seasoned tagger should check out.

Tools

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Tag2find - organize the content on your hard disk through tags; ideal for Web 2.0 fanatics.

TagMyCloud - a tool that creates a tag cloud from a text you provide.

Tagfacts - organize your notes into tags.

Tagcrowd - visualize a chunk of text into tags, based on keyword density.

Tagcloud maker - create a simple tag cloud for your web site.

Taglocity - need more clutter in your Microsoft Outlook? Here's the perfect thing for you: a tag cloud plugin that lets you add tags to your email, tasks, calendar, and contacts.

30 Day Tags - a big directory of sites organized into categorized tags.

Cloudalicious - a very interesting tool that shows you the popularity of tags over time for any website. Great for blog SEO research.

extispicious - get a random scattery image of any del.icio.us user's tags.

Googlecloud - Google's results too straightforward for you? Convert them into a tag cloud.

Zoomclouds - a tool that lets you create a tag cloud based on an RSS feed and embed it to your web site.

Keyword Density Checker - A tool that checks the keyword density for any site and displays it in a tag cloud.

Suprcilious - social tagging site with a very basic interface.

Tag The Net - feed this service a link or some text and it will generate tags based on the text you provided.

Tag Cloud Creator - a simple but functional tool that creates tags based on a URL you provide.

Google TagCloud Maker - a Greasemonkey script that adds a tag cloud to Google search results.

Clusty Cloud Creator - a tool that generates a tag cloud based on your parameters and a single term your provide.

Plugins

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Category Cloud Widget - display categories in the sidebar of your blog with this widget.

TechTags - add tags to your posts with a single line, without ever having to touch HTML or PHP.

SimpleTags - a WordPress plugin that allows you to easily generate Technorati tags at the bottom of your blog entries.

Terms2Tags - a plugin that uses the extract terms plugin for creating Technorati tags.

Ultimate Tag Warrior - one of the best tag-related plugins for Wordpress with a huge amount of options.

Taggerati - easy tag creation and maintenance, customizable tag cloud.

Taga.licio.us - a plugin that fetches all links from del.icio.us for a given set of tags.

My Tags - create URLs for directories with "tag" in them, Technorati style.

Movable Type Tags - a plugin for displaying tags in Movable Type blogs.

Miscellaneous

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Semapedia - tagging meets real world.

Mytago - a tool for decoding offline tags with your mobile phone.

Snapshirts - Wanna show the world how geeky you are? Create a t-shirt with a tag cloud.

97tags - Buy tags, get traffic to your site. At least that's the idea, we don't know if it works.