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Is blog tagging becoming more mainstream?

There seem to be two major camps in the blogging world, one that believes strongly in the value and utility of "tagging", whether through a third-party service like De.licio.us or directly on a blog through applications like Technorati, and a separate camp that believes that the lack of standardization in the keywording / tagging community dooms it to inevitable failure and that it's a waste of time and effort.

Figuring out which side is correct might well be something that can only be accomplished from a distance, however, and that distance might well be in time, not geography. But there are a few interesting data points that I've seen in the last few weeks...

    Is Tagging Growing in Importance?

Just about everyone who reads or writes for blogs has an opinion on this subject. What's yours?