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Labels Not Tags, Says Google

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the a-tag-by-any-other-name dept.

Ashraf Al Shafaki writes "The word 'tags' is the one in common use on the Web today and is one of the distinctive features of Web 2.0. Ever since Gmail came out, Google has decided to use the term 'label' instead of the term 'tag' despite they are basically the exact same thing and have the exact same function. Why is Google using inconsistent terminology in its products for such an important term? Is there a real difference between a tag and a label?"

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  1. Graffiti... by Bazman · · Score: 5, Interesting

    'Tagging' is when you put a mark on someone else's property... Hence maybe tagging is what other people do to your content (as here on slashdot) whereas labelling is what you do to your gmail messages... uh, maybe.

    Maybe google just think tagging sounds like graffiti-talk...