Re: [WSG] GeoURL/Seach engine localisation

2004-08-27 Thread Andy Budd
Joshua Street wrote: I was wondering if search engines (Google, I'm looking at you) can/do make use of this ICBM data for localisation? I know that it works on IP blocks, and possibly other data, but why not this as well? Or do search engines use this information already? Richard Rutter from

[WSG] GeoURL/Seach engine localisation

2004-08-26 Thread Joshua Street
This is something which has been bugging me for a few days, so I'm asking here... it's not standards as such, but it is accessibility related to a vague extent ;) GeoURL is still not functioning (http://geourl.org), but the meta tags which are used to specify location are as follows: meta

RE: [WSG] GeoURL/Seach engine localisation

2004-08-26 Thread Barry Beattie
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joshua Street Sent: Friday, 27 August 2004 1:38 PM To: Web Standards Group mailing list Subject: [WSG] GeoURL/Seach engine localisation This is something which has been bugging me for a few days, so I'm asking here... it's

RE: [WSG] GeoURL/Seach engine localisation

2004-08-26 Thread Joshua Street
Standards Group mailing list Subject: [WSG] GeoURL/Seach engine localisation This is something which has been bugging me for a few days, so I'm asking here... it's not standards as such, but it is accessibility related to a vague extent ;) GeoURL is still not functioning (http://geourl.org