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Google introduces new meta tag to properly cite writers
- Andrew_Quentin 16y agoWhat is to stop me using an original tag when it is syndicate or the syndicate tag when it is original!
- adbge 16y agoThere's nothing to stop you. I imagine Google's algorithm(s) will determine the probable original source as the one with the most citations (along with timestamps and other secret google-fu) and penalize sites that fake citations by giving their citations less weight in the future.
- JoachimSchipper 16y agoIs this an attempt to cut down on blogspam? They'll need quite a few people to indicate the original author, but maybe they can catch the non-compliant sites that way? Still, they'd need to do something to get people on board with this...
- nodata 16y agoI guess it must be used for building a reputation system. Google pretty much knows who published what first (or has at least a reasonable idea of that). If the re-publishers lie with their metatags, or at least lie consistently, they get punished with a deranking. Edit: oops adbge was there first, sorry.
- spoondan 16y agoWhy aren't these LINK tags with appropriate REL extensions?
- superk 16y agoInteresting. I wonder if Google is trying to push this because no one uses the semantic blockquote, cite and q tags properly? Edit: Seems to me if the above tags were used properly Google should be able to determine original source just by sorting chronologically.