Do you use extremely long and confusing tags on your discussions?

That's a very good point! I try to be relevant. But, sometimes I feel like posting something longer and more specific.

But, if a sentence best describes the discussion, then that's the best thing to use. For instance if I posted a discussion about my cat doing cartwheels, I might tag it, "Crazy cat antics" or "stupid stuff that my cat does". Now, I know that tag is relevant to me. But, if I tagged it with "cat", then noone would ever find it. You know why? Because everyone uses the word "cat" in their Cat tags. I'm not the only one that does it. So, my discussion would get buried under one million other discussions that used the "cat" tag. Noone would ever find my discussion. How does that help me? The MyLot search engine is very intuitive and can make leaps of logic. By tagging with such unique words, there's a better chance other people will find MY discussions. And, not just random discussions.

Not a lot of people would think to search for tags like that. With so many available spaces for tags, a person can post both long and short tags. But when I search, I can't know what someone thinks is a good phrase to find their discussion.

That's a good point. My post was simply meant to point out how different we all are, when it comes to posting style. Sometimes I feel led in the direction of posting a longer and more relevant tag. Other times, I post short tags. Whatever feels right, at the time. There's no law saying that a person has to only post short tags or only long tags. All tags are picked up by the search engines. Every comment. Every thought. Every scrap of personal detail is being recorded for history's sake. This post was meant more as a humorous comment, not to be taken with such severity. I had no idea everyone took their tags so seriously. They're just tags people! We're not getting paid a million dollars a post, so have fun. I will post a smiley face next time to alert all that I am simply joking! Thanks for the witty banter and that you would choose to spend your weekend with me.

Try the copy/paste technique that I mentioned in my more recent discussion. It will speed up things for you when tagging. And, it's very accurate, because you can copy words from the original discussion and use them as your tags.

Thanks for the useful tip,I will try that. Cheers! Have a nice day Happy mylotting and happy earnings

Good point!

You'd think!