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rodaniel
04-01-2008, 05:03 AM
Maybe two years ago or so I added some META tags to my blog header code for GeoURL and then promptly forgot all about it. I started tweaking around and cleaning up some of the code a few days back and realized that I had a typo in there that was probaby keeping the global positioning stuff from working. Anyway, in the process of fixing those META tags, I've kinda gotten a renewed interest in this whole topic

Anyone else has gotten on-board with this?

Rob
splitbrain
04-01-2008, 08:23 AM
Yes I added those meta tags to my blog as well - then forgot about it :-)

It's fun in a geeky kind of but not very useful I guess. There is some service showing bloggers near you, but it doesn't use these metatags - you have to register your position at their site. Forgot the name though.
rodaniel
04-01-2008, 12:57 PM
You can register your site with GeoURL (http://geourl.org/) and also with GeoTags (http://geotags.com/frameset.html). Here's an example of the META tags I've added to support these:

<!-- GeoTag / GeoURL global positioning META tag data -->
<meta name="geo.position" content="latitude;longitude" />
<meta name="geo.country" content="US" />
<meta name="geo.region" content="US-TX" />
<meta name="geo.placename" content="Odessa, TX 79762, USA" />
<meta name="ICBM" content="latitude, longitude" />
<meta name="DC.title" content="2Dolphins" />

These go in the <HEAD> section of your code. And note that the "geo.position" data is separated by a semicolon and no space - that seems to be kinda critical...

Rob