How much do you know about tags?

Yeah, I think the basic logic is to think about what's being discussed and then what, specifically, has been mentioned. I differentiate the two because you definitely want to create tags for what's being discussed; in this case, tagging. So, yeah, a lot of your tags here should be about, fittingly enough, tagging. However, you've also mentioned some things that aren't specifically about the actual discussion. For instance, in your original post, you used the phrase "black hole." Now, is it possible that "black hole" as a tag will get people to read this? Sure. Absolutely. But would it make sense as a tag for this? Is your post really about black holes or even enough about them that someone looking up black holes would be satisfied? Nope. However, there are some cases where a mention deserves a tag, in my opinion. You might, for instance, have a thread about Nicolas Cage. In it, you might say that he's better than Keanu Reeves. Even though Keanu isn't the focus of the discussion, I would still tag him because Keanu fans who are searching for Keanu Reeves might want to weigh in on who's better. So again, it's all about what will be useful for a searcher; not just about what will get people to read what you wrote, but who might be annoyed when it's not what they wanted.

slovenc1, have you taken a look at our FAQ regarding tagging? www.mylot.com/o/faq/faq9.aspx

I keep my tags to one word and I tag my on discussions with 10 one word tags. I keep them simple and use the same ones often, depending on which interest I am posting in. In this interest I use 'mylot' every time and then it depends on the tpic but I often use faqs, guidelines, discussions, responses, comments. advice, fun. By using the same tags often (asuming that they are pertinent to the topic) and then by keeping our own discussiona active (by adding comments to the responses) we will see our own discussions appear, not only in the search feature, but also in the column on the right 'similar topics' -- Those are discussions which have received recent activty regardless of howm long ago they were posted. When tagging discussions started by others I tag according to the topic and I also add some of those mentioned above (if it is in this interest obviously).

You've already been given some good information so I will just add that if I submit a tag to someone else's discussion I sometimes use "questions" if the person is posing a philosophical question or asking for help since there is a myLot interest questions and answers.

I don't know much about tagging... I know that tags here helps people to find other discussions with the same topic or similar discussions.

I know that tagging and using keywords are part of the SEO. also these will increase your chances to be responded..... just sharing