Microformats

do I need microformats on home page

[amythepoet]

Do I need to add a microformat line on the home page

i hear that will help search engines, it that so?

[Dijkgraaf]

From a quick reading of microformat's it is not just a case of a single line, but having descriptive class tags for the relevant contents on all of your pages. I doubt just adding a single microformat line on the home page would effect search engines much (as that would make it too easy to SPAM search engines).

[amythepoet]

yup, but should I have one anyway, however many lines it takes?

[Dijkgraaf]

It is entirely up to you as the whether you want to implement microformats.
Do a search with your favorite search engine for terms such as do microformats help SEO and make your own determination.
From my own reading on it, it may not help SEO, but it won't hurt either. The only downside is maybe having a little bit of extra overhead by having a few more class tags in your HTML.

[amythepoet]

oy, no thanks, Ill keep reading, I'm blurry eyed from it all, maybe I need new glasses! hahah

[Hoople]

You might want to read this [webmasterworld.com ] thread on microformats. Lots of mixed feelings/results/concerns.