GeoURL 2.0

Remember GeoURL? It’s back.

Actually, it’s been back for a while now, but I was hesitant to call it a comeback. Now that three months have gone by, I can safely assume it is here to stay.

For those who are scratching their heads now: GeoURL is a website that compiles location information for websites (or, more precisely, website authors). Searches can be be performed to see what other websites are “physically near” another. For example, here are my neighbors in so-called meatspace.

To use it, just add the following tags to your webpage or weblog template within the <head> block:

     <head>
         .
         .
         <!-- GeoURL  http://www.geourl.org/ -->
         <meta name="ICBM" content="(latitude), (longitude)" />
         <meta name="DC.title" content="(Your Site Name)" />
         .
         .
     </head>

Be advised:

  • latitude and longitude are decimal coordinates
  • latitudes south of the equator are negative
  • longitudes west of the prime meridian are negative

When you have finished adding that information to your page, visit the GeoURL ping form and submit your website.

Problems? Need help finding your location information? See their help page.

Now, go add yourselves. Meanwhile, I’ll be watching for new neighbors using this RSS 1.0 feed.

A FERVENT WISH: for someone glue together the data from GeoURL to Google Maps.

2005.05.20 · permalink