On 1/22/07, Michael Leikam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Nir,
I think I know what's been bugging me about this thread. I
as a consumer don't care about microformats. What I care
about is content that's up-to-date and relevant. As a
consumer, I want to know when we're getting together next
week, not what's marked up with hCal.
The fundamental thing here is that uFs are a means to an
end. They gain usefulness to the extent that they make
things that I already want to do easy.
My mom would never search for hcards (no matter the syntax)
any more than she would search for images in a PNG format.
It's a niche search that could be performed by a small
group of technical people and it's no surprise that
general-purpose search engines haven't made it a priority.
Nor do I think such support would add much value for most
people.
Yes, considering the idea I outlined is all of 12 hours old (or 4
days, depending on where you start counting), it's amazing search
engine companies aren't already retooling.
Does your Mom use Google's site:* selector? Maybe, and you might not
even know about it.
--
David Janes
Founder, BlogMatrix
http://www.blogmatrix.com
http://blogmatrix.blogmatrix.com
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