And so are you

You can easily add Technorati tags to your posts at ItsAPundit.

"How?" you ask.

No, really. Go ahead and ask. I'll wait.

Well, since you asked…

We've implemented the Broobles SimpleTags plugin. Just activate the plugin from the Plugins page if you wish to use it.

Here are the instructions, from the Broobles SimpleTags plugin page.

Usage

The main way of using SimpleTags is to add a comma separated list of words or phrases within the [tags] tags at the end of the post. For example:

[tags]Word Press, Technorati, SimpleTags[/tags]

That's it. Whenever someone is viewing the post, either on the web or via RSS/Atom, the words you marked will be expanded to Technorati tags.

However, SimpleTags also allow you to tag words within your post. To tag a word/phrase, enclose it within [tag] (note that this tag doesn't have an "s" at the end!). Words which are marked in this way will appear in the list of tags at the bottom of the post. You can also combine these two methods, by tagging some words in the post with [tag] and providing a list of additional tags at the end of the post with [tags].

Example

Here is an example which uses both in-post tags and a list of tags at the bottom of the post. This is how you would write it:

This post demonstrates how [tag]SimpleTags[/tag] work. All the words that are enclosed withing 'tags' will be added to the bottom list of [tag]Technorati[/tag] tags at the bottom of the post. We can also provide a list of additional words/phrases that we want tagged, like the one above.

[tags]WordPress, WordPress Plugin[/tags]

This post would look like this when viewed:

This post demonstrates how SimpleTags work. All the words that are enclosed withing 'tags' will be added to the list of Technorati tags at the bottom of the post. We can also provide a list of additional words/phrases that we want tagged, like the one below.

Technorati Tags: SimpleTags, Technorati, WordPress, WordPress Plugin

For live examples, visit the Broobles blog.

Just another way we're trying to make blogging easy.

ItsAPundit began as an April Fools Day joke in 2005.

After the funny wore off, ItsAPundit remained as an alternative outlet for some bloggers.

ItsAPundit is still all that. But now it's also something else.

ItsAPundit is now a blogging platform.

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We got yer extras right here!

ItsAPundit.com runs on the WordPress MU software. Just like WordPress.com … and some other enterprise blog platforms.

But many of those platforms have restrictions. And so do we. It's just part of the WordPress MU software.

But we have removed some of the restrictions.

For instance?

Ads.

Yep, you can sell ads on your ItsAPundit.com blog. And we don't get a cut. It's all yours.

For example, if you want Google AdSense on your blog, just use the Google AdSense widget. Same thing for BlogAds; just use the widget.

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Welcome to ItsAPundit.com.

We're in the midst of a rebuild. Look for us to return Monday.

With a big surprise.

Heh.

Thanks, David Zucker, for the video. It puts it all in perspective!

Hat tip: Don Surber

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