I answered a question about metadata on a list, and I thought I'd post my answer in an abbreviated form:Yes, it is still important. ;-D

• Focus on the most relevant terms for a website. At various times, depending on their algorithms, some search engines have truncated keywords at a certain limit 25 words, even 250 characters. Any other that = seo spam So, choose keywords very very carefully and weight the most important ones at the beginning of the keywords list ;-)

• Use all of the metadata FIELDS that you can.

I answered a question about metadata on a list, and I thought I'd post my answer in an abbreviated form:Yes, it is still important. ;-D

• Focus on the most relevant terms for a website. At various times, depending on their algorithms, some search engines have truncated keywords at a certain limit 25 words, even 250 characters. Any other that = seo spam So, choose keywords very very carefully and weight the most important ones at the beginning of the keywords list ;-)

• Use all of the metadata FIELDS that you can.

I love this commoncraft stuff. ;-)

I love this commoncraft stuff. ;-)

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY]

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY]

First off, stumbled across springshare which is web 2.0 apps for libraries. I guess it's about time someone created library specific applications to sell back to the library community. Of course, for some libraries with small budgets or suffering budget woes, opensource products or free stuff (del.icio.us) may be the only option. I'm not sure my library could afford to purchase this, if we were so inclined. It would be interesting to see how it stacks up against opensource stuff, though.Out of microsoft labs, 3D modeling stuff.

First off, stumbled across springshare which is web 2.0 apps for libraries. I guess it's about time someone created library specific applications to sell back to the library community. Of course, for some libraries with small budgets or suffering budget woes, opensource products or free stuff (del.icio.us) may be the only option. I'm not sure my library could afford to purchase this, if we were so inclined. It would be interesting to see how it stacks up against opensource stuff, though.Out of microsoft labs, 3D modeling stuff.

okay, I think the name is a little odd (? isn't it?), but freebase.com looks kind of cool but who knows because I don't have an ACCOUNT yet.If you have an extra invite, could you slide one over this way? ;-)http://www.freebase.comthanks!georgiawebgurl@gmail.com

okay, I think the name is a little odd (? isn't it?), but freebase.com looks kind of cool but who knows because I don't have an ACCOUNT yet.If you have an extra invite, could you slide one over this way? ;-)http://www.freebase.comthanks!georgiawebgurl@gmail.com