🆚 OpenSearch vs. XFN

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Standard
Standard

About

OpenSearch is a specification that describes a website's search engine, enabling browsers, apps, and services to discover and integrate it.

It is implemented as a linked XML file and was originally developed by Amazon to make it easier for other applications to integrate their search services.

XHTML Friends Network (XFN) is an HTML microformat that provides a simple way to represent human relationships using links.

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington, United States

Website

Categories

Standards › Rank #19
Standards › Rank #10

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

XFN is 19 times more popular than OpenSearch.
Total websites

Market share

Standards

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

XFN is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while OpenSearch is more popular in Nauru.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Spain
Italy
Netherlands
Australia
Brazil
India

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

XFN is more popular than OpenSearch in all market segments.
Business
Blogs/Wiki
Marketing/Merchandising
Education/Reference
Online Shopping
Internet Services
Entertainment
Travel
Health
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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#12
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