Bob Wyman has made a great post articulating the business implications of structured blogging, and prospective search.
I have been digesting this one for a few days now, and there's a lot to grasp, but the potential is tantalizing. A couple of thoughts spring to mind...
- Where does FOAF fit in?
- I've said before that I think Ping-O-Matic is valuable as a central clearing house for prospective search engines. I wonder if this takes on new significance in the context of commerce and prospective search.
- To call it 'structured blogging' is a bit misleading, cause it isn't about blogging per se...it sits well with blogs, but its more about structured data regardless of blogs (as CMSs) or blogging (as a communications channel). eg. No reason why the news web site couldn't get in on the act by structuring their online classified listings in this way.
Anyway, this stuff is going to be important, although it is fair to say we're a ways from standards at this time. Phil Pearson has a good summary of the various nascent efforts (via).
Tell us what you think...