Here is a photo I took while we were at Matauri Bay a few years ago. I uploaded it to Flickr and tagged with all kinds of descriptors.
I searched Technorati for "learning 2.0" and got quite different results: when I did a simple search I got 6719 hits; when I looked for an exact phrase I got 270 hits; and when I seached for it as a tag I got 540 hits. What I found interesting was, when I did the tag search, I could see an anlaysis of the use of the tag (i.e. frequency used) over time. I liked that and I also liked the suggested other tags that people had used when they had tagged with "learning 2.0".
I guess searching by tags was the best method - although I can imagine that different search tactics would be useful in different situations.
The other thing I figure is that you might as well tag your work if you want it found ... with as many tags as possible. Also I think now it's a good idea to be aware of what tags other people use if you want to be found too. So I'm going to pay attention to the tag clouds from now on after initially despising their skylarking existence!
I have tagged this with the Teachnorati HTM as Matauri Bay. Hope it works!
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It is always tricky doing searches eh? even when you think they are straight forward. Good point about tags and finding things. Doesn't pay to be too exclusive if the point is to share. One mans tag isn't necessarily in another mans frame of reference.
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