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NEW! Neighborhood Tagging

Posted by thegoodknife • 6/23/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: announcement, blogcatalog, Feature, neighborhoods, notes, tagging

We've just launched another new feature here on BlogCatalog that many of our members requested. BlogCatalog users now have the ability to tag and make notes about the neighborhoods they join. You can use the notes and tags as way to quickly reference what a blog is about or help give users mroe insight into what a blog is about.

When you join a new neighborhood you will now be prompted to add some tags and notes, these items are optional and you can click 'skip this step' if you wish.

You can also visit the neighborhoods tab on your profile to add or edit and tag and notes for neighborhoods you have already joined, as well as use your tags to filter your neighborhoods.

So what are you waiting for? go join and tag some neighborhoods! If you tag 20 or more neighborhoods with 2 or more tags we will even boost your blogrank for each of your blogs by 5 points.

If you have any feedback, complaints or even compliments leave them below.

User Comments

6/23/08

ChicaX

What would be even cooler, is if the tags that the people use in their blog and have on their blog profile just "poof" went into that tag section.

Great job though, I may have to join more neighborhoods now.

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1. 6/23/08
  
  thegoodknife
  
  once users start tagging more neighborhoods you should see a section below the tags offering you clickable suggested tags that you can add to your tags.
2. 6/23/08
  
  ChicaX
  
  Ooooh that will be nifty!
6/23/08

bkerensa

Excellent feature! Can we tag users sometime in the future?

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1. 6/23/08
  
  thegoodknife
  
  that is a definite possibility! BlogCatalog really could use a member directory.
6/23/08

timethief

w00t! ♥ Thanks so much for this Daniel. ♥
It's exactly what I wanted.

Acckk! I can't figure out how to do this with existing neighborhoods. Help.

May I have some more explicit step by step instructions please. I just tied to do this using my existing neighborhood tab and got nowhere. I'm obviously missing the boat.

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1. 6/23/08
  
  thegoodknife
  
  you should see a link that says 'Edit Notes or Tags' on your neighborhoods page. check out the second screenshot to see what it looks like.
6/23/08

timethief

dashboard
neighborhoods
Welcome to the Neighborhoods tab. Here you can keep up with your favorite blogs by clicking through to their newest blog posts.

no tab that I can see

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1. 6/23/08
  
  thegoodknife
  
  sorry its
  
  your profile -> neighborhoods tab
6/23/08

timethief

Got it! Thanks
I'll publish my post first and then I'll do my neighborhood tagging. This is too cool. I can consolidate everything here at BC that's strung out all over the place now.

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1. 6/23/08
  
  timethief
  
  nerts! wrong spot
6/23/08

DocNicole

Cool! You guys are the best blogging place in blogdom...keep it up! We really appreciate all your efforts for making networking more efficient.

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6/23/08

thegoodknife

whoo! 100 tags already!

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1. 6/24/08
  
  kdawg68
  
  I just jumped into the fray so you'll start seeing some odd ones now.
  
  Chritopher Walken...cthulhu - those were me.
6/23/08

cooper

Do we have the right to shut off allowing others to post tags?

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6/23/08

cooper

Do we have the right to shut off allowing others to post tags?

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1. 6/24/08
  
  thegoodknife
  
  No, but you can remove people from your neighborhood if you don't want them tagging you.
6/23/08

timethief

Yay! 1 page = 20 blogs done! with both tags and notes.
I love this. I was doing this for myself in a separate file but this is so much better.

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6/24/08

crkian

Daniel can I use the pictures you have above

Edit - Please

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1. 6/24/08
  
  thegoodknife
  
  be my guest.
2. 6/24/08
  
  crkian
  
  Thanks
6/24/08

crpitt

This is pretty cool.

How do you see what your blog has been tagged with?

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1. 6/24/08
  
  thegoodknife
  
  We are going to be adding a page soon that shows all the reviews and tags for your blog.
2. 6/24/08
  
  crpitt
  
  Ohhhhh excellent
3. 6/24/08
  
  kdawg68
  
  willy needs his own tag for sure!
4. 6/24/08
  
  Anok
  
  Oh I forgot Willy!
5. 6/24/08
  
  crpitt
  
  Always obsessed with the willy aren't you two.
6/24/08

kdawg68

I've got to figure this thing out. Looks/sounds awesome, but I'm not as savy as some of you guys - and I'm inherently frightened of change.

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6/24/08

chrissymarie321

Well I kept meaning to add some neighborhoods...looks like I can even sort them now too. Cool

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6/24/08

IZEA

Seems like a great feature! Thanks for the update.

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6/24/08

OutsideMyBrain

This is awesome... and so easy! Already tagged over 20 of them with at least 2. Way to go Daniel. This will make it so much easier to use the neighborhood function.

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6/24/08

clioandme

Looks like tags help you find certain categories of blogs within your own dashboard. Do they have any meaning beyond that?

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6/24/08

barryfromtexas

OK, I forgot to comment here - I ran over and "tagged" my neighborhoods SO, I guess you could say I like the idea

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6/24/08

Anok

Sweet! I just tagged the crap out of my neighborhoods

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1. 6/24/08
  
  crpitt
  
  I tagged you as 'masked ninja assassin'
2. 6/24/08
  
  Anok
  
  Haha! That is awesome. I think I used doodles and hiking for you
  
  But I've only had two cups of coffee so far
3. 6/24/08
  
  crpitt
  
  Does anyone else see them apart from ourselves?
4. 6/24/08
  
  Anok
  
  Yeah, you can see them!
5. 6/24/08
  
  crpitt
  
  I will not add 'wears nothing but the mask' then
6. 6/24/08
  
  Anok
  
  That might boost my ratings....
6/24/08

flamingspinach

Nice! Thanks for the upgrade.

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6/24/08

Teck

Thanks for the upgrade...

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6/24/08

zheille

hi..:)

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6/24/08

Norski

My first reaction, seeing this new feature, was "neat!"

Second, "great, more work!"

Then, "this actually looks good."

Now, to see how it works.

Thanks for the efforts.

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1. 6/24/08
  
  Theresa111
  
  Norski, Get to work!
2. 6/24/08
  
  Norski
  
  Found it, tried it, liked it.
6/24/08

Theresa111

Okay, I got a good start and have been descriptive about 25 of my neighborhoods. If they weren't so darned interesting ... I would be finished already! This is truly a fine feature. Good job.

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1. 6/24/08
  
  Norski
  
  Ditto.
6/25/08

machinehuman

well done.

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6/25/08

Theresa111

Way cool! Gimme five x 3

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1. 6/25/08
  
  thegoodknife
  
  you should see the bump by the end of the week.
2. 6/26/08
  
  Theresa111
  
  I love that dance. Hey tiger 'do the bump ... do the bump' Love that tiger!
6/26/08

riverstyxxx

Since you mention "Neighborhood Tagging", if someone (Not me, of course) were to tag BC on a bridge or a mcdonalds bathroom and send a picture, would that like, do anything?

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