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Am I the ONLY wack job that sees the train coming??

Google Takes First Big Bite Into Rich Snippet Search With Recipes


"...Google worked with  AllRecipes.com, Food Network, Epicurious and BettyCrocker.com to ensure they were coding their content  appropriately to be indexed. ... it allows people to more easily  find the recipes they are looking for, but it may minimize the need to  search or page through the sites themselves..."




6 months ago, I wrote: http://forum.dealerrefresh.com/f21/new-spin-autotrader-buy-thon-1394.html

"Why in the world is 'Trader (Cox Enterprises) buying up gigantic  Automotive Internet properties like KBB.com, vAuto and HomeNet?   ...what's  motivating the "fat finger" at 'Trader HQ?


It's very possible that Goolge's going to eat their lunch and render them a 2nd class citizen..."



I tossed the CEO of DealerTrack (Mark O'Neil) a high soft pitch to become the HUB of the Auto Search universe: Is DealerTrack Chrome the Answer Google Has Been Looking For? | DealerRefresh



Add to this, the "reduction of noise" that will come from HTML standards (Schema.org) and everything is pointing to my instincts being right on the money. BIG change is coming our way.