- From: Richard Ferrers <richard.ferrers@ands.org.au>
- Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 12:30:18 +1100
- To: public-html5spec@w3.org
- Message-ID: <CAO+K-tRkpAwwiCd=n0G-HOu3Ua24x7xKvrUPHtsdf23uNPZzyA@mail.gmail.com>
Dear html5spec team* Problem*: Google uses the <a> tag as a vote on the usefulness of the resource linked to. Not all links may be of the same or even positive value to the page creator. For instance: The <a href="http://www.ands.org.au">ANDS website</a> is an appalling example of web design. Google would register this link as data indicating the positive useful value of the target resource of the link. Yet the text around the link may suggest a negative value connection with the resource linked. *Solution*: I suggest a new attribute for the <a> tag to indicate whether you agree or disagree with the resource linked to. For example: The <a href="http://www.ands.org.au" agree=false>ANDS website</a> is an appalling example of web design. Google could see this 'agree' element and take it into account when ranking the page. Multiple inclusion of the link could indicate degree of negativity/positivity. Default: agree=true. Style: an alternate style could separate the status of the agree flag. For more detail a tag/s could be added to indicate the nature of the agreement/disagreement in the above examples eg tag=design. For your consideration. Richard -- Richard Ferrers Research Data Analyst | Client Liaison Officer Australian National Data Service (ANDS) Physical Address: Level 6, Building F, Monash Caulfield VIC 3145 AUSTRALIA Postal Address: c/o Monash University, PO Box 197, Caulfield East, VIC 3145 AUSTRALIA T: +61 3 990 20569 F: +61 3 990 20585 M: 0422 368 061 E: richard.ferrers@ands.org.au
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