Week 1 BOC: Sponsored Tags

I found something today that was very interesting about HTML 6, and that was the fact of sponsored tags.  The idea itself is not that bad at all it may even be beneficial to a lot of applications.  But this idea is great it gives the buyer another tool to make the HTML pages more exciting and a better experience for the user, therefore making them more profit and more people will view their webpage.  By giving web designers a tool like this, it will also help them earn a better income.  Therefore, making not only the user happy about how the webpage was designed but also making the web designers job much easier to their employer, which again is helpful on both sides in making things easier for them.  However, when I did read more about this I did notice that a lot people were under the impression of the idea of sponsored tags was a waste of time and effort, but that was only from what few people responded on the page, and not necessarily everyone’s opinion.  The problems though is that when someone sponsors a tag or anything else it tends to belong to the person that is sponsoring it and therefore legality issues come into play.  Seeing this now unless it is handled very carefully can backfire on a lot of people and/or companies just trying to make their way in the world today.  Now they have stated that there are different sponsorship tiers available at different prices, this is most likely so that the buyer may customize it to their needs.  Thus allowing more flexibility and creativity to the buyer and will most likely help with copyright issues. 

“A company or individual may purchase a sponsored tag up until the close of the HTML6 spec process. The deadline for submissions is April 2nd, 2013.”

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