I don't know about the Dublin Core issue but my gut feeling with
geo.position and your example would be that of course the bed and
breakfast in Pisa, Italy should have their location as the hotel will
always be in the same place. I think that you've looked at the issue
from the wrong side in that you assume it would only show in regional
searches (e.g. an italian search engine) whereas in actual fact it
should show up in a global search for that region - e.g. if I search
for "hotels pisa italy" I would expect it to show up as it's
geo.position clearly states that is where it is and so the search
engine can be 100% sure that it is in the area I'm looking for.
I haven't done any tests, etc, but that is what I would expect of the
tag. How much difference it makes in terms of SEO will be harder to
gauge as I doubt that adding that tag will make you rank higher (as
the search engines cater for the lowest possible denominator) but it
should help in terms of specific search queries.
Ben
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On 24 Feb 2009, at 11:21, Bob Schwartz wrote:
I have questions regarding two types of meta tags, Dublin Core and
geo.position:
1. Dublin Core: I have only been able to find older studies (2000)
regarding the possible improvement in search engine positioning
through the use of these tags. The conclusion in these olders
studies was "no significant imporvement", however they did go on to
say that in the future these tags will play a more important role.
Has that future arrived or are these tags essentialy still "code
bloat"?
2. geo.position: According to Wikipedia geo.position tags help in
returning regional search requests, or as they put it: "It
understandably makes little sense to look for a baker and find one
who has his shop in a completely different town". If this is the
case, then it would seem putting geo.position tags on a bed and
breakfast site in Pisa, Italy that is trying to reach potential
guests around the world would not be a good idea. Anyone have any
experience or thoughts regarding these tags?
Thanks,
Bob Schwartz
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