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Taxonomy vs. Folksonomy in Help Centers

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Taxonomy is a pre-defined, hierarchical classification system (categories/folders), while folksonomy is a user-defined, flat system of classification using tags.

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Most successful help centers use a hybrid approach: a structured taxonomy for broad navigation and a folksonomy (tags) to help users find related content across different categories.

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