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Frequently Asked Questions
1. What is TagTrends?
TagTrends is a free keyword tool to help brainstorm ideas for writing blog posts.
It does so by looking at single and double keyword phrases from Google Hot Trends,
highlighting keywords in bold that are not as heavily tagged on Technorati,
and showing related tags.
TagTrends then builds Apogee Tags, an alternative to Technorati Tags.
You can use Apogee Tags in blogs anywhere you now use Technorati Tags.
TagTrends builds tags that adhere to the
rel-tag microformats specification.
This free keyword tool is a mashup of
Google Trends
and Technorati Tags data.
2. What are Apogee Tags?
Apogee Tags create a TagSummary for a tag.
Tags are used to label the subject or category of blog posts, photos and other items on the web.
TagSummary displays links for Technorati Tags,
Squidoo Tags,
del.icio.us tags
and Flickr tags.
3. How do you use TagTrends?
TagTrends fetches the hot searches identified by Google Trends and displays in bold
those keywords which fewer bloggers have tagged, according to Technorati.
Pick one and TagTrends will find related tags.
Select the tags you want to use for your blog and the tool will generate Apogee Tags.
These can be used anywhere you're currently using Technorati Tags.
Simply cut-and-paste the tag links into your blog post and then start writing.
4. Do Apogee Tags work with Technorati?
Absolutely! Read the
Technorati Tags help page
and note the text that begins:
"You do not have to link to Technorati. You can link to any web page that ends in a tag -
even your own site!"
If you use Apogee Tags built using TagTrends in your blog posts, your posts will
appear on Technorati Tag pages. This is because TagTrends creates Apogee Tags following
the rel-tag microformats specification.
5. What do Apogee Tags look like?
A comparison between a Technorati Tag and an Apogee Tag might help:
- Technorati Tag: google
- <a href="http://www.technorati.com/tag/google" rel="tag">google</a>
- Apogee Tag: google
- <a href="http://www.apogee-web-consulting.com/tagman/tag/google" rel="tag">google</a>
6. Who wrote TagTrends?
TagTrends was created by Richard Ball
of Apogee Web Consulting LLC.
Read his search engine marketing blog.
Play a game of TagMan.
Read the TagMan blog.
7. What if you don't need help generating ideas for your blog?
If you already know what tags you want for your blog post, try
using TagBuildr instead of TagTrends.
You could also try TagMuse
which use popular searches on Technorati instead of Google Hot Trends.
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