[Web4lib] re geotagging your website

[Kozlowski,Brendon]

When I redesigned our site over a year ago I made sure to employ microdata, and did in fact use geo. I can't say that I've noticed it help or hinder our search result listings (any more than the total redesign did). I can say that simply typing in the word "library" to Google or Bing (after a little help as Bing thought I was in Syracuse), our library does come up as the first hit in the "...near [current location]..." results.

Considering how long our library has had a website presence it's possible that search engines would have already formulated our location on their own regardless of the microdata that was used.



Brendon Kozlowski
Web Administrator
Saratoga Springs Public Library
49 Henry Street
Saratoga Springs, NY, 12866
[518] 584-7860 x217

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From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] on behalf of SCARLETTO, EDITH [escarlet at kent.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 11:40 AM
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Subject: [Web4lib] re geotagging your website

Anyone adding Geo ip or Geotagging of their website to help boost search results in search engines to the top?

Edith

Edith Scarletto
Kent State University Libraries
330-672-1674
escarlet at kent.edu

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