To be honest, I think we already have the spam/quality issues[1], it's just that web spidering systems have to wade through and discard most of the presentation

To be honest, I think we already have the spam/quality issues[1], it's just that web spidering systems have to wade through and discard most of the presentation-layer cruft before they begin to determine the value of the content. Allowing users to access information more directly and reducing the cost + complexity of content extraction seem like worthwhile goals. [1] Edit: clarification: even in embedded semantic web data (microformats, etc)