Tags are keywords, identifying topics of the article content.

• They appear in a tag cloud on the home page.
• They are also displayed next to the article as a link that launches a search for all articles with the same tag. (Spelling counts!)
• All articles must have at least one tag.

Choosing tags

Start from the full list of tags currently in use.

Consider: UX disciplines, research methods, types of product or information format, mobile devices, business of UX, audience groups, region or country, industry.

Do:

• Tag concepts that connect articles across different terminology used in the content.
• Words or phrases that are very specific may be better handled in search.
• Use the lookup lists find existing tags to avoid multiple spellings or close variants

Do not:

• Do not “overtag” – keep the tags meaningful.
• Do not tag people’s names or company names.
• Do not tab brand names

Special tags

• Español  – Any article fully translated into Spanish
• Cartoon – Rubes Cartoons (duplicates category “Rubes Cartoon”)
• Editors’s Note – the Editor’s Note for the issues (duplicates category “Editor’s Note”)
• UXPA – Articles about UXPA, including Editor’s Notes