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An Introduction to Tag and Ping is like an introduction to free speech in an oppressed society.  Although Google claims to use democratic methods, the search engine results pages are still authoritarian in nature.  SEOs have to follow Google’s keyword logic or risk being ostracized.  The search engine results pages provided to the user are based on Google’s weighted analysis of keywords.  Only by manipulating our websites according to Google, or paying our way up the ranks, can we reach our customers. But with one small introduction to Tag and Ping, the people have started a social bookmarking revolution, armed with the techniques of tagging.

Tagging has brought free speech to web results for webmasters and users alike.  Content is no longer left to one or two primary keywords as determined by Google.  The people writing and reading the content being tagged have the ability to define the content meaning.  And free speech is the ability to use your own words for your own meaning, and that’s what tagging does.  Ping is the tool that gets the free speech out to blogs and social bookmarking sites so everyone can search for personalized relevancy rather than authoritative weighted decisions.

Tagging is a very simple concept and is the basis for social bookmarking sites.  Tagging simply means your label, your content, with words of your choice.  You can list words that are obvious, such as “Tag” for this article, or not obvious, such as “SEO.”  Google might display this article in a search result for “Tag” but not “Ping.”  With Tags, people viewing the article could see “Tag,” “Ping,” and “SEO.”  You can have many Tag words, but each word is a separate entry, separated by a space.  In Tag Clouds, Tag words are separated for clicking, but are condensed, with the more popular words larger, and the less popular words smaller, so you can easily identify popular Tag words.

Once the Tag is created, you can usually make it private or public.  If it is made public, which is preferred so your content can benefit others, anyone looking at your content can click on a link (Tag Word) and get related content from other links with similar Tags.  So just by listing Tags common to users, your website will be linked with several Tag words, reaching millions of social bookmarking site users.  You can cross-reference Tags, look for popular Tags, and subscribe to RSS feeds on tags. As an added benefit, the search engines will be searching the social bookmarking websites and you’ll get more exposure.

Ping gets the word out.  When you “ping” content, such as a blog, a Ping program will send your content to interested websites, such as social bookmarking sites.  There are several software programs available, but the free service at  www.pingomatic.com is a good place to start pinging while researching Ping software.

Create a Tag and Ping strategy.  Listen to the tagging community and their preferences for Tag words.  Use your freedom of speech and become unlimited in defining your content.  Introduce yourself to the art of Tag and Ping and revolutionize your website.