in general, tags are words that describe something. In the case of bookmarks, they describe the kind of website this bookmark is for. For example a bookmark pointing to Facebook.com could have the following tags: social network, communicate, connect with friends.
The purpose of tags is that you can search for them. So if you searched for all the bookmarked websites that let you 'connect with friends', not only your bookmark for Facebook would come up, but for example also your bookmark for MySpace.
The tags in FF bookmarks work kind of the same like they do on websites or the MUO Answer section.
Basically they allow you to assign bookmarks to certain categories and easily find them by searching for the tag instead of the actual bookmark.
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Bookmark%20Tags
Penny,
in general, tags are words that describe something. In the case of bookmarks, they describe the kind of website this bookmark is for. For example a bookmark pointing to Facebook.com could have the following tags: social network, communicate, connect with friends.
The purpose of tags is that you can search for them. So if you searched for all the bookmarked websites that let you 'connect with friends', not only your bookmark for Facebook would come up, but for example also your bookmark for MySpace.
Here is a guide to Firefox Bookmark Tags.
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Thank you. It makes sense, now.