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The GeoURL ICBM Address Server is more metadata for Web logs. Not bad, but this multiplication of schemes is counterproductive in the end. Still, I did add the tags to this 'blog and register. Time will sort out these differing schemes.
GeoURL is a location-to-URL reverse directory. This will allow you to find URLs by their proximity to a given location. Find your neighbor's blog, perhaps, or the web page of the restaurants near you.
Seen on the Shifted Librarian.




- Metadata
Lately I've been thinking about "Why add metadata to a 'blog?" Except for the title and description field most search engines ignore most of it. It isn't driving lots of readers my way nor increasing my page hits. I doubt it has much, if any...

- Geography
Place is an important point of access. There is some interesting work being one on mapping information.Geo Tags for HTML Resource Discovery has 3 lines to place in the HEAD section of an (X)HTML document related to place, Lat/Long. the 2 letter country...

- This 'blog
The 0.91 RSS feed for this 'blog seems to be broken. It has not updated since Feb. 19. I can not find any problems with the postings in that time frame and so have decided that it is a problem with the server. UPDATE: I was right, it was the server....

- Thesauri And Web Logs
On the High Context 'blog this short article shows how a controlled vocabulary could benefit resource discovery in Web logs. Thanks to the Shifted Librarian for pointing this out....

- Introduction
This blog has been going on for more than a month now, so I guess it is time to introduce myself and my reasons for the blog. I'm David Bigwood, the Assistant Manager for Library Services at the Lunar and Planetary Institute. That means I do all...



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