Hi, Thank you for your comments!
Just to clarify what I meant - the key here is to have a solution that works with existing search engines, as they are now. This does put the burden on the publisher, but I think it might prove quicker to do it this way than rely on search engine's will and competence to implement microformat search on their side ;) In any case, this will be optional - it's not part of any mf's spec, just an option for publishers who want to get more visibility. (And on the note of visibility, I accept Tantek's comment. The better method might be to simply put it as as a small text somewhere in the page - perhaps footer etc. An ALT for some "microformatted" icon might be nice, but I understand SEs don't use ALTs much anymore) Best, Nir On 1/20/07, Tantek Çelik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 1/20/07 6:56 PM, "Scott Reynen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 20, 2007, at 7:38 PM, Nir Yariv wrote: > >> The idea is simply to have a standard text that can be added to a Web >> page containing mf-ed content. For example, "mf_hReview". Since the >> text exists outside of tags, it is indexed by existing search engines, >> and thus a Google search for "mf_hReview Dylan Highway 61" would yield >> reviews of that album. (Obviously there will be texts for >> hCalendar/hCard etc, facilitating searches for "mf_hCalendar barCamp", >> for example) > > Hi Nir, > > As you point out in your post, there are already a few search engines > for microformats. If these search engines can find microformats, it > seems Google could as well. They just need to start looking. My > concern with your solution is that it puts the burden of solving this > problem primarily on publishers rather than search engines. Because > publishers vastly outnumber search engines, the burden should really > remain on the search engines as it is currently. In addition, search engines very much frown upon use of user-invisible text in the body of the page to alter search results. If you are looking for a valid non-visible hint in pages that microformats may be present, the existing profile attribute mechanism serves this purpose. http://gmpg.org/xmdp/ http://microformats.org/wiki/hcard-profile etc. Thanks, Tantek _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss
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