Posted by Perseus on 10/15/05 03:11

On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 02:55:29 +0100, "Paul Blay"
<ask_me_or_get_spam_trapped@saotome.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>You did spot the keywords: header didn't you?
>
>Sometimes when I write a post that contains something
>that looks like a mistake I put a note about it in the
>keywords header line. Then if anybody comments about
>my 'mistake' I point them in the general direction of my
>post's headers.
>
>It's a habit I picked up after visiting alt.folklore.urban

Paul,

Now at least *that* is a clear answer!

Only now, upon taking another look at your OP, did I notice the header
you're referring to:

"Keywords: Yes, I know that adds up to 150%"

Had I seen it right away in your OP then of course I wouldn't have made
my remark about the adding up.

Since I normally don't look at that header in posts when it's there, I
missed the "extra info" in this case. Curious about your explanation, I
decided to look for some more info on this subject and found this in
misc.survivalism:

"Using this header normally doesn't help end users -directly-, unless
they are in the habit of inspecting the head before reading the post.
(FWIW, though, some newsreader clients like gnus can be configured to
look for and even rank these entries according to some ruleset.)
Rather, the more relevant -indirect- benefit is that it helps with the
use of search engines like Google."

Now I understand what the header is there for and how you found another
use for it. I'd say it's nice but not really efficient, now is it.
Anyways, I'm glad we cleared this up.

Greetz,

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Perseus

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