Microformats in 140 Characters or Less



Microformats This article uses a simplified 140 characters or less approach to sharing information about Microformats. I've taken all of my original Tweets about Microformats and have expanded them to include links to authoritative references for more information.

This document has Fragment IDs assigned to all Tweets for quick one click reference e.g. http://www.seoconsultants.com/microformats/140#S9682824372

hCard Microformats: Tweets

  1. hReview rating and rating_bar - The Stars http://Yoast.com/implement-hreview-wordpress-theme/#therating
    6:27 AM Mar 1st, 2010 http://twitter.com/pageoneresults/statuses/9826743048
    Related: Microformats - hReview 5 Star Rating
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  2. Discussion http://www.WebmasterWorld.com/google/4087893.htm / http://www.SEOConsultants.com/Microformats/140 or less.
    7:35 PM Feb 28th, 2010 http://twitter.com/pageoneresults/statuses/9807929964
    Related: Microformats
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  3. When writing about use camelCasing e.g. vCard, hCard, hProduct, hReview, hCalendar. When naming markup classes use lower case.
    7:34 AM Feb 28th, 2010 http://twitter.com/pageoneresults/statuses/9780288163
    Related: Microformats - class-design-pattern, Microsoft - Capitalization Styles
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  4. Where are the search engines getting some of their data from? http://Microformats.org/wiki/hcard-supporting-user-profiles
    9:45 AM Feb 26th, 2010 http://twitter.com/pageoneresults/statuses/9688418129
    Related: 2009-05-12 - Google - Introducing Rich Snippets, 2009-10-26 - Google - An Update on Rich Snippets, 2010-03-11 - Google - Microdata Support for Rich Snippets
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  5. vCard, hCard, hProduct, hReview / These are the main formats you'll want to implement now, don't wait any longer.
    7:55 AM Feb 26th, 2010 http://twitter.com/pageoneresults/statuses/9683588265
    Related: Google About Microformats, vCard, hCalendar, hCard, hProduct, hReview
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  6. Google is experimenting with markup for product data. http://Twuna.com/hCard-Products
    7:38 AM Feb 26th, 2010 http://twitter.com/pageoneresults/statuses/9682824372
    Related: Microformats - hProduct, WebmasterWorld Discussion on Microformats
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  7. What's nice about Microformats over RDFa is that you can utilize the class names for styling, that's a BIG advantage.
    1:56 PM Feb 25th, 2010 http://twitter.com/pageoneresults/statuses/9645206564
    Related: Microformats - class-design-pattern
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  8. Google recognizes the following Properties for Microformats/RDFa http://Twuna.com/RDFa-Products / Currently in Beta.
    1:52 PM Feb 25th, 2010 http://twitter.com/pageoneresults/statuses/9645060481
    Related: Google - hProduct
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  9. Google Rich Snippets Testing Tool http://www.Google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets
    1:42 PM Feb 25th, 2010 http://twitter.com/pageoneresults/statuses/9644666817
    Related: 2009-10-26 - Google Rich Snippets
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  10. rel="me" rel="me" rel="me" rel="me" rel="me" rel="me" rel="me" rel="me" rel="me" rel="me" rel="me" rel="me" rel="me" rel="me"
    10:54 AM Feb 21st, 2010 http://twitter.com/pageoneresults/statuses/9439845031
    Related: Microformats - rel="me"
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  11. class, class, SHUT UP!
    10:35 AM Feb 21st, 2010 http://twitter.com/pageoneresults/statuses/9439195587
    Related: Microformats - class-design-pattern
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  12. Basic slideshow for those wanting an overview of hCard formats. http://www.xFront.com/microformats/hCard.html < It's good.
    10:19 AM Feb 21st, 2010 http://twitter.com/pageoneresults/statuses/9438649300
    Related: Microformats - hCard 1.0
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  13. <cite> me baby! <cite class="vcard"><span class="fn">Edward Lewis</span></cite> Memorize the fn property, it is required.
    10:13 AM Feb 21st, 2010 http://twitter.com/pageoneresults/statuses/9438425680
    Related: W3C - 9.2.1 Phrase Elements
  14. Author URI Example <address class="vcard"><a class="fn url" href="http://pageoneresults.com/">Edward Lewis</a></address>
    9:39 AM Feb 21st, 2010 http://twitter.com/pageoneresults/statuses/9437276988
    Related: Microformats - Should I use ADDRESS for hCards, W3C - 7.5.6 The ADDRESS Element
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  15. I'm marking up extensive video libraries (1,000+ titles) using http://Microformats.org/wiki/video-info-examples That was easy.
    9:24 AM Feb 21st, 2010 http://twitter.com/pageoneresults/statuses/9436751191
    Related: Google - Supporting Facebook Share and RDFa
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  16. http://Microformats.org/code/hcard/creator < Quickest way to get started. Don't be frightened. Clean up generated code too.
    9:00 AM Feb 21st, 2010 http://twitter.com/pageoneresults/statuses/9435936435
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  17. Name property is mandatory for hCard <div class="vcard"><span class="fn">Edward Lewis</span></div> Memorize and utilize.
    8:46 AM Feb 21st, 2010 http://twitter.com/pageoneresults/statuses/9435473040
    Related: Microformats - hCard Property List
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  18. The <span> element and class="" attribute will haunt you in your dreams. You'll have a class="" for almost every element.
    8:44 AM Feb 21st, 2010 http://twitter.com/pageoneresults/statuses/9435393518
    Related: Microformats - class-design-pattern
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  19. 20+ hours of refining, implementing and, mastering hCard/vCard. Lots of info to share. Just stopped by to say hello. Ciao!
    8:04 AM Feb 21st, 2010 http://twitter.com/pageoneresults/statuses/9434033061
    Related: Microformats, Microformats - About
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  20. Google and Microformats: Drive More Traffic http://yoast.com/?p=1966 RT @EdWords @yoast BY @w3edge / Study and implement RDFa and Microformats.
    12:15 PM Feb 18th, 2010 http://twitter.com/pageoneresults/statuses/9299139655
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  21. I think I'm going to have some fun using Microformats. <a rev="vote-against"> Hmmm.
    8:32 PM Feb 14th, 2010 http://twitter.com/pageoneresults/statuses/9126864188
    Related: Microformats - Vote Links
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