Tags: component | joomla extensions | jtags | module | seo | tagging

If you're a regular Joomla no doubt you've come across the highly frustrating situation that is tagging your articles and content.  More accurately, the complete inability to tag them.   That is of course, until now.

I recently came across the JTags extension for Joomla.  This tagging addon is a 6 part tool:

• JTags Component
• Tag Cloud Module
• 4 JTag Plugins

In essense what it does is adds an extra field when you create content where you can add your tags, much like you would find on Wordpress or any other blogging software.  The Tag field is available in both the admin article creation section and on the members article submission form.  The Tag Cloud is automatically updated, and can be edit to suit your needs, ranging from font sizes and max # of tags shown in the cloud.  The tags themselves are added to your content (like at the top of articles on this site).

Why you should use tags...

Simply put, tagging allows your content to be better picked up by search engines and other robot crawlers.  When Google or similar services crawl your site for details they not only find your articles, but see the tags also and recognize them as important keywords or key phrases.  This is a vital part in page rank.

You can download the JTags extention by visiting the Joomla Extensions Library (click here).