what do search engines think about tag clouds? are they frowned upon, or are they good for seo in any way? i have added one 2 days ago to one of my sites not sure if i should keep it or not...
Search engine will give priority to crawl tag clouds, this is my experience, do not know why, but my blog to add the tag will be crawled faster than paper
sounds like they must be good, but how come you dont see them as much as before? i remember they were on lots of sites that i would find myself on, but nowadays they are quite rare i think
Tag clouds are good for those who have no knowledge how to make good website structure. They help but they are not perfect. If you need perfect SEO then they are not advantage. It's like everything else. Why people use wordpress for example ? Because they either dont know, dont want or dont have money to invest in pro website. So, wordpress is not bad, it is ok, but also cant be named as "good".
I think they are good but like anything do research in it and the hard work will pay off. good for seo.