what is XFN?

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    I've seen in wordpress meta, XFN - XHTML Friends Network

    Do you have any idea what is it? why I should link to this link?

    http://gmpg.org/xfn/

    Some social search engine they are talking about http://rubhub.com/main/
     
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    It's short for cross reference number I think. It's a way of keeping tabs of what link came from where and who.

    Col :)
     
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    The page you linked to explains everything. XFN is an acronym for XHTML Friends Network as is defined as a simple way to represent human relationships using hyperlinks. It's just an attribute added to your <a href> tags describing your 'relationship' with that particular link, how they are connected. Read the intro for more information.

    Hope that helps.
     
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    ya, but what is the benifits to link them? why should I link to them?
     
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    Link to who? If you mean why should you have a link in your meta section, well that is there simply to inform other people about what XFN is. It's just a form of advertising I guess. Personally I don't use the XFN attribute but that doesn't mean I'm going to remove the link from my blog. What difference does it make? :)
     
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