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The NodeXL Series: Conducting a Crawl of Flickr for a Content Network (Part 4)

A related tags network on a content site shows the interrelationships between the textual metadata used to label particular images (or videos).  A content network may be built around a particular search term.  The tags are searched on a social media (sharing) platform, and instances of the term are discovered.  A graph is then created from the interrelationships between related terms.

Starting a Content Crawl of Related Tags on Flickr

To start a content crawl of related tags on Flickr, start up the NodeXL template.  Click on the NodeXL tab to open the ribbon

In the File area, click on “Import” to acquire the dropdown menu.  Highlight “From Flickr Related Tags Network…”

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