Skip or submit tags?

@zearah (5381)
Philippines
July 24, 2009 6:26pm CST
When and why you skip or submit tags? I guess one of the advantages of submitting a tag is the discussion it's easily shown after searches. Am I correct with this? Do you know what are the use of these tags?
9 responses
@fwidman (11514)
• United States
24 Jul 09
I believe the tags do help in the search on mylot. Sometimes I tag discussions of others, sometimes I do not. Usually it is just a matter of time, as I often find myself in a hurry to finish leaving a comment and then turning over the computer to my lovely wife
@zearah (5381)
• Philippines
24 Jul 09
Ah, so your wife is also a mylotter, I would ask. Thanks for the response
@fwidman (11514)
• United States
24 Jul 09
Yes, she is also here on mylot :)
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@zearah (5381)
• Philippines
25 Jul 09
Out of curiosity I visited your profile to see if any picture I could point that she is your wife....but I did not see even on your friends list on the displayed pics....I love to guess that's why I am doing this. Thanks
@zhuhuifen46 (3483)
• China
26 Jul 09
When I start a discussion, I would type in the interests on the tag, but when responding, I would just skip, as I see already on tags enough interests, maybe typed by the starter, or earlier responders.
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@zearah (5381)
• Philippines
26 Jul 09
It's ok but you can still tag when you want too... One tag form the discussion starter and another one form you it's always better to have it in two.
@jeeva_s6 (399)
• India
25 Jul 09
Normally I will skip the tags part while responding to discussions. If I feel that some tags are extremely important and they are already missing in the particular discussion I`ll put them. Tags are very much helpful in searches. So its the duty of the discussion starter to give exact and important tags because only he`ll be knowing exactly what the discussion is about ?
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@zearah (5381)
• Philippines
26 Jul 09
You can do it too if you are the responder because sometimes you know better the tag for the discussion you respond.
@ckyera (17332)
• Philippines
25 Jul 09
yes you are right and using of tags will help not only us but also my lot in organizing our discussions and for easier search...i use tags now but before i always skip...hehehe
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@zearah (5381)
• Philippines
26 Jul 09
You have had a lot of tags missed. You're posts now in thousand but you just started not tag. He he he
@tomjoad (551)
• Philippines
25 Jul 09
hi zearah! unfortunately i don't submit tags. even when i respond to discussions or make my own new discussions. i'm just too lazy to do it and i don't really find anything useful to it. i mean, i know it helps in searching for topics. but what i find odd is that when you respond to a discussion it always asks you also submit tags. what's up with that?
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@zearah (5381)
• Philippines
26 Jul 09
You have the right to skip that tags. But if you believe to a fellow here said that this could indirectly help to have a big earnings.
• United States
25 Jul 09
I only use the tags if I am creating a new discussion, that way people who are searching will easily find my discussion and I will get responses. It is important to use the tags if you create a discussion and it is a quesion that you want an answer to. If I am just posting a response to somene else's discussion I will just push the skip button since people will see it when they find the original post.
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@zearah (5381)
• Philippines
26 Jul 09
That's fine you are doing good then...
@dlr297 (5409)
• United States
24 Jul 09
The only time i use the tags is when i start a discussion here on my lot, i do not add them if i am just replying to a discussion, because i feel that the person that starts the discussion should tag it as they want it tagged.
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@zearah (5381)
• Philippines
24 Jul 09
Yes you have the point but I think it will also result to some benefit on your part if you tagged the discussion you respond.
@chedvah (66)
• United States
24 Jul 09
I try and find a word or two to describe the post to use for a tag as it seems that these tags will make it easier for the discussion to be found; at the very least it may give it a little more exposure. I thought of it in the same way as all the words I put on my website so that search engines can locate my site - the more words, the more chances someone will find my site while doing a search. I figure these tags work the same way, so why not take that extra second to label your discussion.
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@zearah (5381)
• Philippines
24 Jul 09
Yup! By just typing a word or few words you could expect a big benefit! Tagged your topics and responses. Thanks
@defcon505 (919)
• United States
25 Jul 09
I do both since I don't know what this would do to a discussion.
@zearah (5381)
• Philippines
25 Jul 09
Now you know....I guess. If you read the various responses