but a simpler way to add this information is to title the list. "Tags by popularity". You don't have to go to the trouble of inventing a whole other representat

but a simpler way to add this information is to title the list. "Tags by popularity". You don't have to go to the trouble of inventing a whole other representation. I'd contend that adding a little bit of information to the title is much better than going to a tag cloud. The visual cue from the tag cloud (that the bigger things are more important) is inherent in the ordered list too (the things at the top are more important). > sometimes they're not ordered at all, which is visually identical to an ordered list. An ordered list is always ordered, the only question is whether ascending or descending. And a tag cloud where the terms are randomly sized is visually identical to a tag cloud where the size means popularity... I think the benefit of tag clouds is purely aesthetic. They just look prettier in certain places, and even that point is debatable.