Google introduces sitemaps

[ChemicalEyes]

The Sitemap Protocol allows you to inform search engine crawlers about URLs on your Web sites that are available for crawling. A Sitemap consists of a list of URLs and may also contain additional information about those URLs, such as when they were last modified, how frequently they change, etc.

Sitemaps are particularly beneficial when users can not reach all areas of a Web site through a browseable interface — i.e. users are unable to reach certain pages or regions of a site by following links. For example, any site where certain pages are only accessible via a search form would benefit from creating a Sitemap and submitting it to search engines.

This document describes the formats for Sitemap files and also explains where you should post your Sitemap files so that search engines can retrieve them.

Please note that the Sitemap Protocol supplements, but does not replace, the crawl-based mechanisms that search engines already use to discover URLs. By submitting a Sitemap (or Sitemaps) to a search engine, you will help that engine's crawlers to do a better job of crawling your site.

https://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/docs/en/protocol.html

[Tim]

Big things are afoot there and no mistake.
Must....learn......more! :)

[JP]

Interesting.

No way in the world would I try it on any of my domains that already have halfway decent rankings ... but a couple of experiments on throwaway domains wouldn't do any harm I guess ... nice find. :duck:

[JT]

Interesting.

No way in the world would I try it on any of my domains that already have halfway decent rankings ... but a couple of experiments on throwaway domains wouldn't do any harm I guess ... nice find. :duck:

Ill give it a go, as currently me and google have an understanding, call it an unwriten agreament if you will. Google doesnt list me on its site and I dont list google on any of my sites. Not sure if there to bothered though or not :drink: