49greg
Literotica Hack
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Story tags: How important are they?
When I search for a story there's several ways I go about it. One is by searching by story tags. I'll get my list going with two or three of four of the tags that are relevant to the type of story I want. Sometimes I get to the tags by clicking on a tag from a story that I like, and working from there. Other times I go to the Tags Portal.
When I submit a story I will have tags prepared from a list that I glean from the 'Tags Portal'. I know there's others that aren't listed, but I assume that the portal has the ones most used. I pick the tags for the story that are pertinent and if there are two or more that are similar, I pick the one in the largest/heavies type. If I have room after I've gotten the ones I want, I'll go back and include the smaller type tags.
I've noticed however that some writers prefer to use tags made up of lines within the story, such as "he said" or "Jason lunged" (I made those up, but I'm sure you've seen what I'm describing.)
I would think that those unique tags wouldn't be very good in my type of story search.
So I wonder, how many people search by story tags. Do other people use them? How left out are the unique tags?
How important are tags in getting views once a story has dropped off the new story list?
When I search for a story there's several ways I go about it. One is by searching by story tags. I'll get my list going with two or three of four of the tags that are relevant to the type of story I want. Sometimes I get to the tags by clicking on a tag from a story that I like, and working from there. Other times I go to the Tags Portal.
When I submit a story I will have tags prepared from a list that I glean from the 'Tags Portal'. I know there's others that aren't listed, but I assume that the portal has the ones most used. I pick the tags for the story that are pertinent and if there are two or more that are similar, I pick the one in the largest/heavies type. If I have room after I've gotten the ones I want, I'll go back and include the smaller type tags.
I've noticed however that some writers prefer to use tags made up of lines within the story, such as "he said" or "Jason lunged" (I made those up, but I'm sure you've seen what I'm describing.)
I would think that those unique tags wouldn't be very good in my type of story search.
So I wonder, how many people search by story tags. Do other people use them? How left out are the unique tags?
How important are tags in getting views once a story has dropped off the new story list?