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The web is constantly changing and 2010 will be no different. Recently the Web Standards Project announced a change of direction, which really isn’t all that surprising. The “war for web standards” as Aaron Gustafson calls it is far from over.
Some time ago a bunch of newspapers demanded to get a higher search rank from Google. The reason was that they wanted to be given a free-ride in page rank, instead of spending time at improving their SEO (search engine optimization) skills. Nice try, insert coin.
There is a great new guy in the White House and he’s got a brand new website as well. The official whitehouse.gov had a major overhaul and the result is quite nice. They use ASP.NET 2.0, but the markup almost validates.
Flash and similar techniques have always been a problem when it comes to search engine optimization, since the bots don’t know how to index the binary files.
The standardistas of the world often take a beating, but this time we got reinforcements from the most unlikely ally imaginable: say welcome to the Poetic Prophet a k a the SEO Rapper.
About a year ago, a friend asked me how Microsoft would obtain world domination with Silverlight, since almost everyone already have Flash installed and Silverlight is yet another browser plugin. The answer was as simple as horrifying: Windows Update.
I just read an article entitled “Top blogs fail W3C Markup Validation”. While the result doesn’t come as a surprise at all, it is still sad to see it confirmed once again since validation is not rocket science.
I think there are more than enough of acronyms out there, but one cannot deny the power of monikers when it comes to bringing a technology into mainstream focus. XMLHttpRequest was invented in 1998 but very few knew about it.
The classic attitude towards Flash is that while it is an excellent tool for interactive visual effects when applied properly, it is a pain when it comes to accessibility and semantics.
Things have really hit the fan this past week. It all started with Björn Höhrmann leaving the W3C with an open letter, soon followed by an angry reaction by none other than Jeffrey Zeldman and then the snowball really took off.