You may have noticed that tags appeared at the top of domain pages on AboutUs in the beginning of 2009. These tags are replacing the function of categories (a MediaWiki standard).
In mid-June our burgeoning UX (user experience) team made tags easier to edit than they were previously, and miles easier to edit than categories. Now you can add and remove tags more than one at a time!
Tags play an increasingly important role at AboutUs. Not only are tags front and center on pages now, but they also determine what lists a website will show up on. For example, the tags “Portland” and “Startup” place the AboutUs.org page on the Portland Startups list. (Clicking on a tag will also take you to the list of sites about that topic.) We hope that our AboutUsWidget (which includes tags) will play an increasingly important role on the internet as people use the widget on their websites and weblogs.