Disqus - Latest Comments for LocalHero

Re: AB Meta

LocalHero — Sat, 03 May 2008 10:25:55 -0000

As I have said elsewhere don't use AB meta. Stick with the W3c standard which is RDFa!

Re: We Are Looking For An Analyst

LocalHero — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:15:27 -0000

I've already piloted something that is (or will be) better than outside.in. Not sure if it is will make me any money but I am thinking about open sourcing it.

We can talk....

Re: AB Meta

LocalHero — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:48:21 -0000

Alex,

I don't know about microfromats they are not a de jure standard, just an easy way of embedding info into html.

But RDFa is a standard. It utilises xmlns just like rdf. There is bound to be a xmlns that deals with books out there(I don't know what it is and am not going to spend the time to find out though). And if there isn't you can create one, thats the beauty of rdf.

The important thing is to follow the rdf subject -> predicate -> object format. This can be embedded in html using xhtml+rdfa which is now a w3c standard.

Pete

http://localhero.biz/

Re: Joe The Plumber's Landing Page

LocalHero — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:57:00 -0000

People want to know that their search is accurate and unbiased and as soon as you are publisher and a search engine there is a conflict of interest.

This conflict already exists but if google offered this sort of thing it would only be worse. I really hope Google do not go down this path (and would possibly stop using Google if it did).

Pete

Re: Introducing AB Meta - Simple Annotation for Pages About Things

LocalHero — Sat, 03 May 2008 10:35:57 -0000

AB meta is a proprietary fork..

Stick with RDFa its the standard.

Re: EveryBlock redefines the local news

LocalHero — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:38:16 -0000

Personally I don't think either approach is very user friendly (everyblock or outside.in), and I am surpised for the cash outlays how much they suck

At my project: http://localhero.biz/

we are doing this in a much better way open way. Time will tell if the backend will scale, but as its not coisting me a cent it will only grow.

Re: EveryBlock redefines the local news

LocalHero — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:14:21 -0000

Your right Rod I should not slag my competitors or anybody.

Although I think given their money and the free publicity from bloggers on the payroll (not you Rod), I don't think they need any pats on the back.

Re local Digg the user base in any locality is very small so I am not sure it would reach critical mass. I am looking to add some sort of user content filtering to my site though shortly.
http://localhero.biz/

Re: The semantic elephant in the room - Google will settle the "top down vs. bottom up" debate for us

LocalHero — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:32:07 -0000

Maybe precision is a better word. An example should suffice:

If someone is looking for rugby teams in Melbourne a search of Petes semantic store would probably return the website of the Old Xavs rugby team here:

http://shawcup.localhero.biz/

This is 100% precise in that I do assert that the old xavs are a rugby team in Melbourne. Its probably not relevant to most people nor is my assertion neccessarily trustworthy (I could be lying). A perfect search mechanism would nail all three aspects.

Re: Conversation platforms will make blogs increasingly redundant

LocalHero — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:44:53 -0000

All,

Totally disagree..

Blogs are the ultimate ME central because they have a killer app that can't be incorporated in other platforms: Control.

With the coming of URL to indentity mapping eg openId. I think the central spot will be become even more important, although it will evolve. Perhaps the future is the tumbleblog (a place that agregates all the me content that I acknowledge in one place).

IMO Disquss is very good but trackback is a better technology if the spam problem can be solved.

Re: Conversation platforms will make blogs increasingly redundant

LocalHero — Fri, 02 May 2008 10:28:34 -0000

Philippe,

Why did you use Claim my id as the place to assert your identity. Isn't a blog the best place to assert this kind of thing? In my option the best blogs do aa amzing job of being a central repository of a person thoughts and ideas and cannot be beatenby pro forma platforms.