Thing # 14 - Technorati

Okay, this was fun! I had played around in Technorati before and had even add a page element, but this time I went in and added a couple more Technorati widgets. I have played with widgets before, but this was way more fun than I had before using widgets. The widgets in Technorati that I used were the "Tag Cloud Favorites" and "Technorati Link Counts" these both keep you updated on the tags used in your blog, The "Technorati Link Counts" will display in REAL TIME the number of links from your blog (not that I expect many of those :). Anyway, it was a lot of fun using the widgets but it's even more fun learning about tagging and using tags to identify things on the Web. I knew about tagging before I did this blog, but I have since had to learn to use them with my work. Before I just thought of tags as a way to identify material for my searches, or identifiers to use when searching, now I have to "tag" my self and that's a whole new ballgame! So happy tagging everyone!



Liz's Bytes

Thing # 12 - Rolling, Rolling, Rolling.....

American Presidents

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This is my Rollyo search on American Presidents. It was fun, a little confusing at first, but after I explored a little I did find a way to post my ROLLBAR! It was fun after I got a little better at finding my way around!

Thing # 11 - And the THING is Library Thing!

What fun! I put in just a smattering of some of my favorite books into LibraryThing and it was so much fun!!! I put a widget on my blog that shows some of the books I read along with pictures. It was so easy and fun! What a great site for librarians to play with.

Thing # 9 - Locating blogs or how to navigate the ever expanding world of blog information!

Okay, I checked out all of the sites for locating blogs of interest to me and the two I liked the best were Google Blog search and Technorati. I liked Google Blog search because it was such a clean easy way to find what I wanted, most of the other sites I visited were so full text and options that it was difficult to navigate and find what I wanted. I like Technorati primarily because I already have a Technorati account and have done some playing around in it. Anyway, all of the tools are helpful in narrowing down the list of blogs out there and finding what specifically suits your needs!