The top Technorati tags make an intriguing and meaningful fit in the following super-categories.
1) Communications media – 2,825,217
2) Personal – 1,065,158
3) Points of view – 791,935
4) Purposely unclassified – 782,950
5) Technology – 690,903
6) News – 353,916
7) Play – 229,958
8) Transport – 228,171
9) Business and Economics – 122,921
10) Wider contexts – 98,517
11) Places – 78,993
12) Politics and Law – 64,150
Categorisation is not right or wrong. Rather it works or it doesn't work. Here is Version 1.0 of top level Supertags for Technorati. It works because it juxtaposes like with like. It provides some information superstructure which gives added meaning to each list of tags. Its meaningful tag juxtapositions give tag users a much richer experience than ploughing through an alphabetical list. People can, if they should wish, use them right away by using these supertags as prefixes to their own tags on Technorati. Tags within each category are sorted with the most popular tags at the top. Use this organisation as the first step in searching the top Technorati Tags.
These tags also provide a basis for an analysis of what bloggers are doing. It also shows how some more collaborative tagging would eliminate a lot of waste. The next blog on this topic will be coming soon.
1) Medium of communication - 2,825,217
Weblog... 1,761,663 Blogs... 55,192, My blog... 8,904
metroblogs ... 14,751, metblogs... 14,732,
books...155,597, book... 40,257, Writing... 31,745, words... 18,884
Poem... 11,895, Poetry... 40,982 Love Poems... 6,307
Movies... 64,074, Movie... 45,462
Media... 84,266
Musica... 33,737, Musik... 18,583, Lyrics... 25,369
photo... 52,342, Photography... 35,605, Fotos... 15,060
Journal... 60,056
Video... 43,191, Videos... 15,974
Podcast... 25,166, Podcasts... 22,172
Pictures... 28,876
Television... 27,336
Live... 24,277
Website... 19,949
Anime... 16,182
Advertising... 13,776
Comics... 12,804
2) Personal - 1,065,158
Me... 86,705, About Me... 14,417, My Life... 64,467
hobbies 91,936 Hobby 16,211
Love... 82,518
Home... 77,892
Family... 77,503
Work... 71,266
Health and wellness 65,021
Fun... 50,963
Friends... 48,718
Food and Drink... 46,059
Funny... 37,498
Sex... 30,356, sexy... 6,933
Feeling... 21,315, Feelings... 10,745
Cooking... 13,419, Recipes... 14,654
Baby... 21,971
Shopping... 18,587
Mood... 17,919
fashion... 16,658
Shoes... 12,366
Private... 12,030
Knitting... 10,689
Relationships... 9,708
Babes... 9,572
Dogs... 7,089
3) Points of view - 791,935
Entertainment... 216,651
Reviews... 55,113, Review... 26,068,
Humor... 64,124
category... 59,166
Tips... 47,104
Ramblings... 30,719
Quotes... 28,891
Development... 27,516
fAcTs... 26,447
meme... 16,865, memes...9,682
History... 23,886
Announcements... 22,297
memo... 19,531
Amusement... 17,690
Rant... 17,485
Opinion... 17,098
Research... 16,781
test... 13,724
Philosophy... 13,013
Projects... 11,534
gossip... 10,104
Journalism... 10,046
dreams... 9,228
murmur... 8,289
4) Purposely unclassified - 782,950
random... 108,821, Randomness... 12,939, Random thoughts... 16,569
stuff... 133,301
Misc.... 63,493, miscellaneous... 37,950
thoughts... 79,199
2005... 75,969
days... 48,765
Resources... 39,303
etc... 32,385
uncategorized articles... 31,275
EveryDay... 27,171
Everything... 21,030
others... 18,486
Asides... 13,846
Whatever... 8,733
All Posts... 7,978
General Posting... 5,737
5 Technology - 690,903
Computers... 124,015, Computer... 45,713, Computing... 10,647,
PC... 37,202, Macintosh... 9,441
Computers and Internet... 90,366
software... 88,237
Apple... 35,923
Google... 34,685
Search... 29,528
wordpress... 22,645
Hardware... 21,856
Tools... 20,948
audio... 17,134
Wireless... 15,866
Java... 12,949
Spam ... 10,983
Firefox... 10,537
VoIP... 10,193
Flickr... 9,894
CSS... 9,337
Asterisk... 9,113
General webmaster threads... 8,687
Cell Phones... 5,004
6) News - 353,916
News and politics... 86,395
events... 71,218
Updates... 36,438
Weather... 11,645, Katrina... 22,555, Hurricane Katrina... 11,104
In The News... 25,118
Current events... 21,407
Site news... 18,183
General news... 17,514
Terrorism... 12,837
World news... 9,845
Latest News... 9,667
7) Play - 229,958
Games... 85,876, Game... 62,326
Football... 25,191
Baseball... 20,098
Poker... 18,509
Golf... 17,958
8) Transport - 228,171
Travel... 162,548, Voyages... 17,054
Car... 36,406, Cars... 12,163
9) Business and Economics - 122,921
Business... 86,786
Real Estate ... 25,811
Car Insurance... 5,375
Health Insurance... 4,949
10) Wider contexts - 98,517
Society... 20,941, People... 30,107
Organizations... 24,359
Environment... 11,756, Nature... 11,354
11) Places - 78,993
Iraq... 26,711
Europe... 15,102
USA... 13,654
China... 12,806
London... 10,720
12) Politics and Law - 64,150
Law... 30,146
Bush... 19,661
Military... 12,171
Legislation... 1,682
Votes... 490