How Google's Sitemap Protocol Sets The Standard for Web Page Submissions
How Google's Sitemap Protocol Sets The Standard for Web Page Submissions
|
Note: SearchEngineNews.com updated this tutorial on July 30, 2009 although the original version was published in July 2005. Therefore, the information contained herein is current and reliable. |
As you already know, Google prefers to use their spider to follow links to find your Web pages. They tend to ignore Web pages that are submitted through their conventional submissions process. However, the exception to this rule is Google's Sitemaps submission protocol. As Google explains it...
Google Sitemaps is an easy way for you to help improve your coverage in the Google index. It's a collaborative crawling system that enables you to communicate directly with Google to keep us informed of all your web pages, and when you make changes to these pages.
With Google Sitemaps you get:
- Better crawl coverage to help people find more of your web pages
- Fresher search results
- A smarter crawl because you can provide specific information about all your web pages, such as when a page was last modified or how frequently a page changes
Creating your Sitemaps is easy
Use the Sitemap Generator to create an XML Sitemap or submit a simple text file with all your URLs.
Get started today — it's free
Send us your sitemap today and he...
