June 29, 2009

Why the new HTML 5 specification will have high importance to Video and SEO

The latest buzz in IT, in case you haven’t heard, is that HTML 4 is on its way out and HTML 5, which is still a work in progress (according to W3C it will be complete by late 2010), will in the near future be permanently cemented as the new HTML standard.

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This news would usually mean more to developers and designers but for those in search engine optimisation it’s time to step away from your screen and latest link building scheme for a minute (after you finish reading this blog of course!) and consider how the new standard will affect SEO.
HTML 5 will introduce new elements and attributes that will contain more semantic tags to describe the content or objects within them. For search engine optimisation this means additional data can be added for embedded objects such as video or audio. With video as an integral element of blended search, this is exciting news for those interested in video search optimisation.
Advantages of the new
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So what do these
[video src="://www.bruceclay.com.au/fictional/examplevideo.avi"
alt="My Video Example"
height="320"
width="240"
title="The Fictional Video About The HTML 5

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No responses to “Why the new HTML 5 specification will have high importance to Video and SEO”

1. Paul T. Wylie writes:
   

   I think the HTML 5 and CSS 3 is the beginning of web standardization something that is finally coming on track.
   Web bastardization and square tables has left the web a garbage dump of mix-matched code.
   Why do you think Google announced its plans to speed up the web? The De-throning of the tag is simply a precursor of what is to come. Google only wants to make the way easier for its indexing and that is not a bad thing.

   @ June 30th, 2009 at 20:26
2. Terry Van Horne writes:
   

   More inportant are the rel= attributes. The NoFollow puts the onus back on webmasters (where it belongs) and provides a more usable description for it’s use. Simply… not all paid links are against the Google guidelines the usage guidelines in the RFC provide the webmaster with a clearer message for when the NoFollow attribute should be used. Also it looks like the canonical attribute may not make the grade.

   @ July 5th, 2009 at 04:02
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