Comments on: A new Travel site, and four uses for tags http://niksilver.com/2006/11/28/a-new-travel-site-and-four-uses-for-tags/ Mostly about the management of software development Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:14:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Tagging - more worth than RSS for the “average” consumer? « harbour 7 http://niksilver.com/2006/11/28/a-new-travel-site-and-four-uses-for-tags/#comment-250 Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:40:48 +0000 http://niksilver.com/2006/11/28/a-new-travel-site-and-four-uses-for-tags/#comment-250 [...] But photo-tagging and social bookmarking are only part of the story for tagging. Email is potentially a big growth area and hence introduction for the masses to tagging. We now have tagging within GMail (some great tips on this from Steve Rubel), and Taglocity for tagging email in Outlook. We also  have the growing use of tags in web design & build strategies, as employed by Guardian Unlimited for the relaunch of Guardian Unlimited Travel – Nik Silver gives a thorough explanation of how tags are employed for this site, but importantly from a user perspective it means improved navigation, easier discovery of related content and  more friendly urls. It seems that once it manages to genuinely and effortlessly aid people’s digital lives, we may likely see the mainstream internet user take tagging of of content and data increasingly to heart.   [...]

]]> By: niksilver.com » Guardian Unlimited is hiring a Development Manager http://niksilver.com/2006/11/28/a-new-travel-site-and-four-uses-for-tags/#comment-249 Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:59:53 +0000 http://niksilver.com/2006/11/28/a-new-travel-site-and-four-uses-for-tags/#comment-249 [...] Mostly about the management of software development « A new Travel site, and four uses for tags [...]

]]> By: The Guardian’s new travel site at SimonWaldman.net http://niksilver.com/2006/11/28/a-new-travel-site-and-four-uses-for-tags/#comment-248 Thu, 07 Dec 2006 12:26:03 +0000 http://niksilver.com/2006/11/28/a-new-travel-site-and-four-uses-for-tags/#comment-248 [...] …is launched today. It’s not just a clean lick of paint, but a fundamental change in the way that we deliver content. The result of spectacular efforts by a very gifted team… You can find out more about some of the back end loveliness from Nik Silver’s blog. [...]

]]> By: Nik http://niksilver.com/2006/11/28/a-new-travel-site-and-four-uses-for-tags/#comment-247 Wed, 06 Dec 2006 22:55:45 +0000 http://niksilver.com/2006/11/28/a-new-travel-site-and-four-uses-for-tags/#comment-247 Thanks for the kind words, Bruce.

Regarding the design and development: yes, we do intend to continue this work across the rest of GU. Emily Bell, our Director of Digital Content, has talked about this briefly in the trade press.

Regarding tag URLs, we did think very carefully about that very issue and related issues. The scheme you outline does indeed ensure findability — you can guess a URL and get a page. However the disadvantage is that it dilutes the information architecture. For example, suppose one blog post points to …/tag/croatia+hotels and another points to …/tag/hotels+croatia then in general it’s impossible to know that they actually refer to the same resource. The principle that won out was: one resource, one URL.

The next logical suggestion would be to add redirects — a redirect would satisfy both camps. But we prefer to exercise some caution with redirects, as you can very quickly end up in confusion.

So in this case simplicity and reliability trumps pliability.

]]> By: Bruce Combe http://niksilver.com/2006/11/28/a-new-travel-site-and-four-uses-for-tags/#comment-246 Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:22:52 +0000 http://niksilver.com/2006/11/28/a-new-travel-site-and-four-uses-for-tags/#comment-246 Nice work. It would be great to see this standard of design/development applied across all of Guardian Unlimited. Just one thing though, with a proper tagging system shouldn’t both of the following URLs work?

http://travel.guardian.co.uk/tag/croatia+hotels

http://travel.guardian.co.uk/tag/hotels+croatia

]]> By: UserX - הבלוג של עינת ענבל על עיצוב חווית המשתמש ועיצוב ממשק » Blog Archive » קישו http://niksilver.com/2006/11/28/a-new-travel-site-and-four-uses-for-tags/#comment-245 Wed, 06 Dec 2006 08:50:03 +0000 http://niksilver.com/2006/11/28/a-new-travel-site-and-four-uses-for-tags/#comment-245 [...] קישורי×? – 6 בדצמבר ט×?×’×™×? עולי×? כיתה : ×?תר תיירות חדש של ×”×’×?רדי×?ן המבוסס על ט×?×’×™×? כל שלכל ט×?×’ יש עמוד משלו ויש עמודי×? שה×? תוצר של שילוב של שני ט×?×’×™×? ביחד. ×›×?ן יש הסבר על פיתוח ×”×?תר. כשכבר חשבתי ש×?ין יותר ×›×?לה, פורטפוליו פל×?ש מדהי×? שמזכיר קצת ×?ת הקולקציות מזילות הריר של ×”×?תר של ×?יסי מי×?קי פיקסלי×? כטפט: Pixelnotes הו×? פרויקט בהשר×?ת המר×?×” המפוקסל, שימוש ×—×›×? של post-its יוצר משטח עבודה על הקיר שמשנה ×?ת צבעו על פני זמן. קרן רובוטית עוקבת ×?חרי ×?זרחי×? תמימי×? במרחבי×? ציבוריי×? בעבודת ×?מנות של מ×?רי ססטר מישהו שעושה ×?ת העבודה בשבילנו:השוו×?×” של ×?תרי ×?ירוח חינמיי×? לויד×?ו . ויש המשך פוסט-דיג – נקמתו של העורך : ×?תר המשלב ×?יסוף שטח של חומרי×? המסתמני×? כפופולריי×? + יד מכוונת. ×?×? ב×?מת חסר לכ×? עוד מקור להמלצות מדיה ותרבות, ×”× ×” מייל יומי מומלץ [...]

]]> By: andrewskinner[dot]name » Blog Archive » links for 2006-12-02 http://niksilver.com/2006/11/28/a-new-travel-site-and-four-uses-for-tags/#comment-244 Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:28:02 +0000 http://niksilver.com/2006/11/28/a-new-travel-site-and-four-uses-for-tags/#comment-244 [...] niksilver.com » A new Travel site, and four uses for tags Nice write-up on the just-launched redesign by the site’s software development manager. (tags: website web2.0 travel guardian tagging tags print) * * * * * * * * [...]

]]> By: Martin Stabe » links for 2006-12-01 http://niksilver.com/2006/11/28/a-new-travel-site-and-four-uses-for-tags/#comment-243 Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:25:55 +0000 http://niksilver.com/2006/11/28/a-new-travel-site-and-four-uses-for-tags/#comment-243 [...] niksilver.com: A new Travel site, and four uses for tags How the Guardian uses tags on its new travel site. (tags: blogs Guardian tags tagging web2.0) [...]

]]> By: Wortfeld » Kofferetiketten http://niksilver.com/2006/11/28/a-new-travel-site-and-four-uses-for-tags/#comment-242 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:21:52 +0000 http://niksilver.com/2006/11/28/a-new-travel-site-and-four-uses-for-tags/#comment-242 [...] Wer immer noch glaubt, dass tags – Schlagwörter – eine bloße Modeerscheinung seien und nutzergenerierte Inhalte sich nicht mit Qualitätsjournalismus vertrügen, schaue sich das neue travel.guardian.co.uk an. Der Chef der Guardian-Softwareentwickler, Nik Silver, schreibt in seinem Weblog über die Ideen dahinter. Aber schon ein Blick auf die Seite zum Tag Paris zeigt die Kombination: Guardian-Reisetipps plus Guardian-Artikel plus Lesertipps plus Leserfotos plus RSS-Feed plus exzellente Werbemöglichkeiten. [...]

]]> By: davblog http://niksilver.com/2006/11/28/a-new-travel-site-and-four-uses-for-tags/#comment-241 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:23:45 +0000 http://niksilver.com/2006/11/28/a-new-travel-site-and-four-uses-for-tags/#comment-241 Guardian Travel Site…

The Guardian have introduced a new travel web site and GU development manager, Nik Silver, has written an interesting article……

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