7ags: Tag Clouds for YouTube

Instead of doing searches on YouTube for videos, you can just hit up new site 7ags.com instead. 7ags wants to be your one-stop YouTube shop by offering you a place where you can find videos to watch via genres and tag clouds. The homepage features some recently found videos and a set of tags that appear to represent what people are searching for right now…at least that’s what I’m assuming since the site offers no explanations of its own.

To browse by a genre on 7ags, you click one of the links in the black box at the top of the homepage. On each category’s page, a tag cloud just for that genre is displayed.  For example, clicking the "Music" link takes you to a page where you’ll find tags like "guitar," "death metal," "new wave," and "rock." Each page also feature top videos from its particular category, just like the homepage does.

In theory, a site that functions as a big ol’ tag cloud for YouTube could be a fun way to explore and find new videos, but 7ags doesn’t quite pull it off. The main drawback to the site is its design, which is very - dare I say? - web 1.0. There’s also no "about" page to describe the site, no FAQ (not that you really need one, I guess), and nothing about who made this and why. The only hint is a small link to this site, which doesn’t really offer much more explanation. 

When I initially read about the site, I was interested enough to go take a look, but now that I have, I doubt I’ll return.

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