On Jan 22, 2007, at 1:38 PM, Nir Yariv wrote:
Again, we're not asking anyone to read CSS file; we're asking them to
index the "class" attributes of HTML they're already crawling. We
already know that Google does look at this information (they did a
report on it last year) and I'm fairly sure that there are a
number of
search companies aware of microformats. There are very few
implementation issues: most programmers, including those at many
search companies, are aware how to break up a space separated list of
words.
The point isn't whether it's hard for search engines to support MFs
(obviously it isn't), the point is whether to wait for a solution to
come from SE's side or implement it now in the publisher side.
This is a false choice. You can implement your own solution now in
your publishing and encourage other publishers to do the same while
those of us who are interested in better search engines can continue
to pursue that avenue. There's no reason anyone needs to choose
between the two. If you have a hypothesis about some way to improve
the web, the best thing to do is test that hypothesis on the web. If
it works, you'll find it much easier to convince others of your idea
by pointing to the success. If it doesn't work, you can at least
learn something in the process.
Peace,
Scott
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