Thursday, February 21, 2008

12 tag cloud generators

Here is a list of site that generate tag clouds. Many of these would be useful if you wanted to add a tag cloud to your website.
Each tool has its own way of getting data for the cloud, from RSS feeds, to plain text input, as well as different options to format and display the cloud.

MakeCloud - This is an extremely simple way to make a tag cloud: just give it an RSS feed URL and it generates a cloud that stays up to date with the feed, which can be embedded in other sites.

del.icio.us - del.ico.us is a popular social bookmarking service. It can make a tag cloud from the tags provided with all of the links in a user profile, which can be embedded.

TagCrowd - This site generates a static tag cloud based on word frequency from a web page, uploaded file, or plain text input.

TagMyCloud - this cloud generator allows a user to paste in some text, and it shows a cloud that updates every few seconds. The contents of the cloud were mostly in German, and had nothing to do with the text I pasted in.

Tag Cloud Generator - this site has a fairly slick dynamic interface. It allows a user to enter either a webpage url, from which it automatically extracts tags, or just to enter the tags directly. Then it provides some formatting options, and outputs code to embed the cloud.

Tag Cloud Builder Demo - this tag cloud generator accepts either text input or a webpage, and generates a text (not link) tag cloud based on word frequency.

Tag Cloud Generator - I tried this one, but it said my page could not be converted or did not exist.

ZoomClouds - this site offers a solution for users wishing to add a tag cloud to their website. To make a cloud, sign up, give it a feed, configure the cloud's style, and add the code to your site.

Text Tag Cloud Generator - input some text into a field and specify the some properties for style, then click generate. It shows the cloud and provides code to embed it.

Keyword Cloud Generator - generates a tag cloud that can be embedded, given a page url.

Clusty - Clusty generats a tag cloud based on a short query, rather than a full web page or a body of text. For example, given 'quantum mechanics', it generates a cloud with words such as 'energy' and 'physics'.

TagCloud.com - a formerly popular tag cloud generator that is no longer running.

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