Re: schema.org proposal for extending Thing

On 9 May 2013 12:41, Robert Schroeder <bobsc@charter.net> wrote:
> Here is the problem that I have.
> Example: <a itemprop="availability" href="http://schema.org/InStock"></a>In
> stock
>
> A link without anchor text - isn't that a hidden link?

If there's no anchor text, a <link> is probably more appropriate.

Each search engine will have its own set of techniques for dealing
with hidden links, figuring out which sites are being mischievous,
etc. It's possible that such markup (alongside other signals) could
contribute to triggering some heuristic in a search engine reading
this content, but it is very hard to generalise about the behaviour of
all search engines. Having said that, there is a lot of schema.org
markup out there now, and the <link> usage seems well established;
using <a> only really makes sense if you want the link to be visible,
usable etc.

Dan

Received on Thursday, 9 May 2013 11:55:13 UTC