Search Tag Cloud: Purpose & Benefits

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The search tag cloud serves to visually represent frequently clicked tags, with font size indicating popularity. Clicking a tag displays all threads associated with that keyword, but it does not search within tag keywords, limiting its effectiveness. The tag cloud encourages users to utilize relevant keywords for tagging threads, enhancing search capabilities. A tag search feature offers auto-fill suggestions to help users find existing tags. Overall, the tag cloud is a reminder of the importance of tagging for improved search functionality.
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What is the purpose of the search tag cloud?

I'm sure there is a subtlety to it that I must not fully grasp.
 
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Clicking on a tag would bring up all the threads which are tagged with that keyword. Though it appears that the tag search doesn't search within the tag keywords eg. a search for "solid-state" would not bring up any threads tagged with "solid-state physics".

At least this was how it behaved the last time I tried it.
 
The tag cloud presents the most frequently clicked tags. The size of the font increases with popularity. I think the cloud is really there to remind people that they can tag threads with relevant keywords to help with searching, since I think it would be more useful to use the tag search than the tag cloud. For a tag search, if you start typing in entries, it should auto-fill with existing tags matching your start letters, so that can assist you in figuring out what keyword to use.
 
OK. Thanks.

Curiosity quenched.
 

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