Understanding Micro-content and the New Wave of Syndication

Technorati, mentions that about 40,000 Avon representatives employ the hCard. This tool is an add-on for websites or blogs, syndicating contact data for subscribers. Tools like hCard and hCalendar aim to facilitate data syndication, even for those not well-versed in web tech.

PubSub unveiled its "Structured Blogging" initiative. This publishing tool intuitively structures blog posts, ensuring they're machine-readable, sans the technical finesse from the author's side.

Salim Ismail, co-founder and CEO of PubSub, highlighted the vastness of the hidden web, stating, "The hidden web is 5 times larger than the visible one. Our goal is building tools to access all that structured data."

Moreover, PubSub launched FeedMesh (also termed PingMesh by Canter). It operates as a cooperative real-time aggregator of pings, reminiscent of