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[Peter Sawczynec]

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?articleID=00048144-10D2-1C70-8
4A9809EC588EF21&catID=2

In the above article "The Semantic Web" by Tim Berners-Lee he essentially
presents that meta data (data about data) will be a vital component in the
intricately interconnected Internet that will lift Web 2.0 into a new realm.


So just to keep in spirit with his forward looking premise, I use all the
META tags that I can get my hands on. I try not to overload the tags, but I
use them nonetheless.

Whatever, take a read of the article as it provides some intriguing
perspectives on why we are programming what we program.

Warmest regards,
 
Peter Sawczynec,
Technology Director
PSWebcode
_Design & Interface
_Ecommerce
_Database Management
ps at pswebcode.com
718.796.1951
www.pswebcode.com


-----Original Message-----
From: talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org [mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] On
Behalf Of tedd
Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 6:30 PM
To: NYPHP Talk
Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] OT - meta tags


>michael lists-at-genoverly.net |nyphp dev/internal group use| wrote:
>
>>I have a client that someone has convinced that gobs of meta tags in 
>>the headers is vital to the success of their website.  I'm happy to 
>>comply, but, aren't some of these meta tags soooo 90's?
>>
>>   <meta name="robots" content="" />
>>   <meta name="description" content="" />
>>   <meta name="keywords" content="" />
>>   <meta name="category" content="" />
>>   <meta name="author" content="" />
>>   <meta name="date" content="" />
>>   <meta name="updated" content="" />
>>   <meta name="copyright" content="" />
>>
>> 
>>
>everyone has an opinion :-)
>
>Numbering them from the top down.
>
>#1 is a very useful tool, but not when it's empty
>#2 is essential
>#3 is very, very useful
>#4 I never use
>#5 I never use
>#6 I never use
>#7 I never use
>#8 is a legal technicality I rarely use, but has a place and is used by 
>some scanners.
>
>-=john andrews

<opinion off-topic>
Meta tags used to be important, but much less so these days and even 
less so tomorrow. They were a way to provide a short cut to what the 
site was about, but now for several reasons, they aren't very 
important any longer.
</opinion off-topic>

tedd
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