On Mar 28, 2006, at 1:53 AM, Michael Stillwell wrote:
On 3/27/06, Chris Messina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Funny, I was actually discussing this with Tantek and David weekly
about how Microformats + Behavior + Wikis are the next frontier...
Will robots parse Javascript-generated microformats?
Short answer: no, never.
I was thinking
of writing some Javascript to generate rel-tag from the <meta
name="keywords"> elements that have been embedded in my pages all
these years, but decided that there's not much point since only humans
will see it.
I thought briefly about doing it server-side in PHP, but I eventually
gave up on the idea because: (a) doing it in PHP was going to be more
of a hassle and; (b) I don't see how rel-tag is going to endure any
more than meta keywords ever did.
What's the thinking on rel-tag survivability versus meta keywords?
The wiki page says that in being visible, rel-tag will be "somewhat
more resilient" than meta keywords. This is probably true, but it's
not particularly reassuring. (Have there been any sightings of tags
being hidden via CSS/Javascript?
yes.
) I not having much luck finding
anything about this in the mailing lists either, though I imagine this
must have been discussed at some point--any pointers?
This is a case of the power of defaults. By default, rel-tag keywords
are visible. This means that hiding them is an intentional act. So,
one of the problems with rel-tag, neglect, is reduced dramatically.
On the other hand, there's always room for abuse, but that will
always be the case in open ecosystems.
-rk
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