A Few Words About Netflix’s Success: Vivid. Snappy. Tags.

The descriptive tags that the streaming service runs near each title — like “slick” for the show “Suits” — have proved crucial to getting people to click play.

Do Article Tags Really Matter?

Maybe not for traffic, but publishers are using them to glean insights. Analytics company Parse.ly found that sites are expanding their use of article tags to track sponsored content and control paywall access.