Tag Clouds

[Dragonkai]

I'm wondering if tag clouds help in rankings?

Also.... how would you use a tag cloud on a dynamic website? Any places where I can get code for it. I saw there was online tools, but I read somewhere that dynamic websites need something to be done for it before it can be tag clouded.

[WebJoel]

"Tag Cloud", like a "Site Map" page, are excellent link-rich indexables. I have seen them as merely 'static' tag clouds... basically, a UL with a bunch of 'floaters' in it.
The uber-kewl way is to have some sort of analytics that determine what links your patronage are following, and adjust the size of the specific keyword-hyuperlink upwards or downward. I saw somewhere some code for that... I'll look for it and if I can find something, will post-back.. :)

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ahh... -here we go!
http://www.winnershtriangle.com/w/Products.TheWebsiteUtility.TagCloudGenerator.asp

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