This new method, which I've been trying out since I discovered that Technorati have introduced much more powerful tag searching, should involve much less work going forward (always a good thing in my book), and it can even pick up your old tagged posts, but it still takes some time and thought to set up.

If you're curious, you can see the new system in action on this test blog (opens in a new window). It looks much like the manual system at the right hand side of this page, but peek under the skirt (as some would say!) and it's quite different.

• John Tropea's posts at Library Clips, noting what's possible and outlining the options.
  
• My tag-maker bookmarklet that points to tags on your t'rati claimed blogs
• Nathan's hard-coded sidebar tag searches.