I don’t use Semantic Web technologies anymore, though they still influence me
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Re: I don’t use Semantic Web technologies anymore, though they still influence me
#2Or responsive web design techniques apparently.
Re: I don’t use Semantic Web technologies anymore, though they still influence me
#3I have some low-level hate for the Semantic Web. I run a small personal blog that I maintain using a relatively simple static site generator that I created that turns markdown files into clean(ish) html.
A couple of months ago I got interested in adding semantic information to my posts so I modified the generator to add some of the common semantic tags. It was an annoying job, since the semantic information pollutes the structure of the html.
Can anyone tell me what the semantic web does for me as a small-time publisher? Is it for search engines? Does it really matter that a book review (for instance, I have a few) is tagged properly?
Re: I don’t use Semantic Web technologies anymore, though they still influence me
#4I have some low-level hate for the Semantic Web. I run a small personal blog that I maintain using a relatively simple static site generator that I created that turns markdown files into clean(ish) html. A couple of months ago I got interested in adding semantic information to my posts so I modified the generator to add some of the common semantic tags. It was an annoying job, since the semantic information pollutes…
Embedding semantic information would allow Google to further refine search traffic to your web page. I assume it may also make you more authoritative wrt to the content you publish.
Re: I don’t use Semantic Web technologies anymore, though they still influence me
#5I have some low-level hate for the Semantic Web. I run a small personal blog that I maintain using a relatively simple static site generator that I created that turns markdown files into clean(ish) html. A couple of months ago I got interested in adding semantic information to my posts so I modified the generator to add some of the common semantic tags. It was an annoying job, since the semantic information pollutes…
> Can anyone tell me what the semantic web does for me as a small-time publisher? Is it for search engines?
Yes, in practice it is mostly for bigger fish in the pond to easily identify and steal your content as needed.
For example, Google was using reviews from small competitors' sites in Google Shopping.
Re: I don’t use Semantic Web technologies anymore, though they still influence me
#6I have some low-level hate for the Semantic Web. I run a small personal blog that I maintain using a relatively simple static site generator that I created that turns markdown files into clean(ish) html. A couple of months ago I got interested in adding semantic information to my posts so I modified the generator to add some of the common semantic tags. It was an annoying job, since the semantic information pollutes…
> It was an annoying job, since the semantic information pollutes the structure of the html.
In what way? Both the html and the metadata is intended to make your website machine-friendly. You may find the html structure polluted, but crawlers would find it more informative.
Re: I don’t use Semantic Web technologies anymore, though they still influence me
#7I have some low-level hate for the Semantic Web. I run a small personal blog that I maintain using a relatively simple static site generator that I created that turns markdown files into clean(ish) html. A couple of months ago I got interested in adding semantic information to my posts so I modified the generator to add some of the common semantic tags. It was an annoying job, since the semantic information pollutes…
More a side note, but if you run a blog you might know that the trackback url can be specified via a RDF tag. That's a kind of semantic information, one example for one type of usage: Given other clients (here: other blogs) additional information (here: where to send the Trackback POST).
The markup you added - it depends on what exactly you did. Did you add the markup for schema.org? That's in practice solely for Google. The SEO promise there is that Google will make use of the information provided and format some information nicely, which can lead to more clicks. https://moz.com/learn/seo/serp-features explains that not badly. For things like reviews I can imagine it to be quite useful.
Re: I don’t use Semantic Web technologies anymore, though they still influence me
#8I have some low-level hate for the Semantic Web. I run a small personal blog that I maintain using a relatively simple static site generator that I created that turns markdown files into clean(ish) html. A couple of months ago I got interested in adding semantic information to my posts so I modified the generator to add some of the common semantic tags. It was an annoying job, since the semantic information pollutes…
> Does it really matter that a book review (for instance, I have a few) is tagged properly?
If the semantic web was better supported, you could have a semantic annotation precisely identifying the books you are reviewing (whether by ISBN edition or otherwise), and reusers of your content (users, search engines or others) would be able to programmatically associate your review with similar content.
Re: I don’t use Semantic Web technologies anymore, though they still influence me
#9I have some low-level hate for the Semantic Web. I run a small personal blog that I maintain using a relatively simple static site generator that I created that turns markdown files into clean(ish) html. A couple of months ago I got interested in adding semantic information to my posts so I modified the generator to add some of the common semantic tags. It was an annoying job, since the semantic information pollutes…
I can't imagine what semantic tags would pollute a blog's markup as most of the semantic tags were designed to structure simple text content like a blog post. Do you have any examples?
> Is it for search engines?
Yes. And Accessibility.
Re: I don’t use Semantic Web technologies anymore, though they still influence me
#10Shoutouts to the 11 other people on HN still working with rdf and similar in 2020.