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How to add a Tag Cloud in Blogger?

Written by EarnBlogger on December 1, 2007 Posted in: Blogger

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A tag is a keyword associated with an article or blog post or any other information. In a blog, tags helps in classification of posts and makes searching easier. So most of the bloggers prefers to have tags on their blogs. And they use a tag cloud to show their tags.

A tag cloud is a visual depiction of content tags used on a blog. In a tag cloud, tags are typically listed alphabetically, and tag frequency is shown with font size or color. The tags are usually hyperlinks that lead to a collection of items that are associated with that tag.
How to add a Tag Cloud in Blogger?

In WordPress tagging is a simple task. But what about Blogger platform? Can we add a tag cloud on Blogger hosted blogs? Yes, we can! But, in Blogger platform (blogspot blogs) we don’t have extra tagging system. So, we need to use the labels as tags. With some tweaking of the Blogger template, we can easily display a tag cloud or label cloud on Blogger hosted blogs.

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To add a tag cloud, you must use the new layouts templates in Blogger. Tag cloud is not possible in classic Blogger templates, or FTP published blogs. Then, your blog must have proper labels.

If your blog fulfills the above criteria, then you can get ready to add a cool tag cloud to your Blogger (blogspot) blog. Simply visit: Code for New Blogger Tag Cloud. It is the best instruction for adding a tag cloud in blogspot blogs. Go as per instruction and within minutes your blog will have a cool tag/label cloud.

 

 

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