HTML. Don't Do This. What ... & Why?

[Cheryl Morris]

Yeah, it looks like perfectly good HTML and it is. BUT, the real question 
is "What is Google going to index?"  - the pictures. You want to contact 
him? Try "images/contact.gif" and Google yields 12,900 hits. Where is he?

Come on, Richard, you're not that dense.


At 10:15 AM 10/26/2003 -0800, richard childers / kg6hac wrote:

>"Heh! Look at the source code! "
>
>
>As it so happens, I did, before I commented. I don't see anything 
>objectionable; it looks like perfectly good, basic HTML to me.
>
>Like I said, I might or might not agree ... but neglecting to be explicit 
>in one's disagreement, doesn't help anyone.
>
>(Unless of course, one's agenda is to cheaply acquire a short-lived sense 
>of superiority.)
>
>
>I -still- haven't seen a single person who's got the courage to put their 
>criticism of the referenced HTML, into words that others can read.
>
>Allow me to.
>
>Apparently there is nothing actually wrong with the HTML, unless you are 
>referring to the absence of META tags; but that is hardly a crime, that is 
>a personal choice ... an option.
>
>
>In the not-too-distant future, search engines will be fast enough and big 
>enough to not need to rely on META tags ... and all this will be an 
>obsolete memory of how things used to be, a long time ago.
>
>Seems to me that any HTML is better than no HTML, and instead of slamming 
>someone for not knowing what one knows, one should be able to explain it, 
>so that everyone knows.
>
>Otherwise, one is not teaching anyone anything ... and for this reason one 
>is not an authority ... only a critic.
>
>Regards,
>
>-- richard
>
>Richard Childers / Senior Engineer
>Daemonized Networking Services
>https://ww.daemonized.com
>(415) 759-5571
>
>
>Cheryl Morris wrote:
>
>>Heh! Look at the source code!
>>
>>Cheryl
>>
>>>I might or might not agree ... but why?
>>>
>>>It is helpful to me, and, I suppose, others, if someone transmitting 
>>>what they consider to be useful information to me, says, "Don't do 
>>>this", if they also explain exactly what they are referring to, and why.
>>>
>>>While I encourage everyone to cultivate an ablity to read between the 
>>>lines, it's not the best way to convey technical information.
>>