Google Sitemaps provides search optmisation opportunities
14 June 2005
Google has launched a new free online service for webmasters.
The new tool, Google Sitemaps, enables webmasters to automatically submit their webpages to the search engine.
Sitemaps is a collaborative programme between Google and webmasters and aims to provide the search giant with more information about web content so it can improve search results for consumers.
Webmasters have previously published their webpages on the internet and wait for Google to crawl their site for inclusion in the Google search index. There was also an option to submit a homepage to the "Add URL" page and hope Google found all the pages linked from it.
With Sitemaps, webmasters can inform Google about all their existing webpages and prioritise which pages are to be crawled first. It is intended for all webmasters, from those with a single web page to companies with millions of constantly updated pages and webmasters can inform Google when pages have been updated, so content can be indexed faster.
Sitemaps also offers the Sitemap Generator, a free open source tool that generates an XML sitemap. Webmasters can also sign up to a Google account to log in and check the status of their sitemaps and view diagnostic information.
Sitemaps is available in the US English and German language interfaces and Google hopes to expand the service in the future.
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