Comments on: What Are Search Engine (XML) Sitemaps & Why Use Them? http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/ Search Engine Marketing Blog Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:13:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jonny http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-89284 Jonny Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:20:39 +0000 http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-89284 Hi Dave, are there any dangers using sitemaps. I've read on one or two forums that sitemaps can damage websites ranking. For instance I believe sitemaps have priority settings, if I set all pages to the same priority what effect will this have. Hi Dave, are there any dangers using sitemaps. I’ve read on one or two forums that sitemaps can damage websites ranking. For instance I believe sitemaps have priority settings, if I set all pages to the same priority what effect will this have.

]]> By: xHTML Coding http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-39830 xHTML Coding Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:23:05 +0000 http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-39830 I've come to believe that sitemap's are old school and Google knows "exactly" where to find new pages on your site. Just like pinging had a honorable death, it may be the same with sitemaps with Google. But, sitemaps are still great for Yahoo and MSN. I’ve come to believe that sitemap’s are old school and Google knows “exactly” where to find new pages on your site.

Just like pinging had a honorable death, it may be the same with sitemaps with Google.

But, sitemaps are still great for Yahoo and MSN.

]]> By: chetan http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-37861 chetan Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:34:23 +0000 http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-37861 As a wordpress user I use Google XML Sitemap plugin. http://www.arnebrachhold.de/redir/sitemap-home/ Its awesome. As a wordpress user I use Google XML Sitemap plugin.
http://www.arnebrachhold.de/redir/sitemap-home/

Its awesome.

]]> By: Ecommerce Website Design http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-37077 Ecommerce Website Design Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:37:21 +0000 http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-37077 I do think it helps you with Google - it gives them a quick glimpse into your site that they can't get anywhere but an XML sitemap. Good stuff here! I do think it helps you with Google – it gives them a quick glimpse into your site that they can’t get anywhere but an XML sitemap. Good stuff here!

]]> By: mlankton http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-10409 mlankton Sat, 08 Sep 2007 16:26:16 +0000 http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-10409 I use the wp-plugin as well. I don't know that a sitemap helps you out any with google, but it may help you with the other search engines. I use the wp-plugin as well. I don’t know that a sitemap helps you out any with google, but it may help you with the other search engines.

]]> By: Dave Davis http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-6250 Dave Davis Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:39:27 +0000 http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-6250 Percy, both. I mentioned before that ASK is a search engine that not so many "technical" people use, hence it is wonderful for attracting traffic and consumers for non technical offers like gardening and really niche topics. Percy, both. I mentioned before that ASK is a search engine that not so many “technical” people use, hence it is wonderful for attracting traffic and consumers for non technical offers like gardening and really niche topics.

]]> By: Percy http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-6163 Percy Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:26:42 +0000 http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-6163 <p>"Although it has only minimal market share, over the past year Ask has consistently converted better than all other Search Engines combined."</p> <p>Converted? Customers for your services personally, or aggreaged for customers whose campaigns you manage?</p> “Although it has only minimal market share, over the past year Ask has consistently converted better than all other Search Engines combined.”

Converted? Customers for your services personally, or aggreaged for customers whose campaigns you manage?

]]> By: Dave Davis http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-3286 Dave Davis Wed, 02 May 2007 17:38:15 +0000 http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-3286 I'd suspect the robots.txt standard addition does not only apply to the big three and that other engines have also adapted the protocol. Regarding the ASK ranking criteria, I will be publishing a post in the coming weeks about that. Stay tuned. I’d suspect the robots.txt standard addition does not only apply to the big three and that other engines have also adapted the protocol.

Regarding the ASK ranking criteria, I will be publishing a post in the coming weeks about that. Stay tuned.

]]> By: SEO Facility http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-3138 SEO Facility Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:12:46 +0000 http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-3138 Hello again - (ref your post april 24) Don’t now if it is a coincidence or if the new sitemap standard is put to work There has been a lot of spider activity since adding the sitemap tag to reobots.txt. I had to re-validate some of my sites as well and sadly admit that for a couple of sites the PR dropped. Concerning ASK I have never really paid much attention to it. Mainly because Ask kind of always been around but very seldom generate any traffic. So I don’t know much about ASK or its ranking criteria. Could you give me some hints, got a bit interested and might have a closer look since you mentioned it… Tony Hello again – (ref your post april 24) Don’t now if it is a coincidence or if the new sitemap standard is put to work There has been a lot of spider activity since adding the sitemap tag to reobots.txt. I had to re-validate some of my sites as well and sadly admit that for a couple of sites the PR dropped.

Concerning ASK I have never really paid much attention to it. Mainly because Ask kind of always been around but very seldom generate any traffic. So I don’t know much about ASK or its ranking criteria. Could you give me some hints, got a bit interested and might have a closer look since you mentioned it…

Tony

]]> By: Dave Davis http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-2968 Dave Davis Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:18:31 +0000 http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-2968 Hi Safras, What you want is called "Sitelinks". Unfortunately, you cannot request or add them. According to the Official Google Webmaster Central Blog here: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2006/09/information-about-sitelinks.html "Our process for generating Sitelinks is completely automated. We show them when we think they'll be most useful to searchers, saving them time from hunting through web pages to find the information they are looking for". In my experience, sitemaps awarded to high quality sites with a lot of deep links to the "Sitelinked" pages. Hi Safras,
What you want is called “Sitelinks”. Unfortunately, you cannot request or add them.

According to the Official Google Webmaster Central Blog here: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2006/09/information-about-sitelinks.html

“Our process for generating Sitelinks is completely automated. We show them when we think they’ll be most useful to searchers, saving them time from hunting through web pages to find the information they are looking for”.

In my experience, sitemaps awarded to high quality sites with a lot of deep links to the “Sitelinked” pages.

]]> By: Safras http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-2966 Safras Wed, 25 Apr 2007 05:57:29 +0000 http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-2966 Hello, I am from maldives and our website is atollparadise.com Last few days i am traying to take my search result in google in a diferent way but I dont know how to get it. for example if you search for "Sony" in google the result will come to there home page, about us page, contact us page, like there are 5 links will come together. I also want to do somthing like that, i mean if you search "Atoll Paradise" (We are comming first) but can any body tell me how to get listed like above i said for "sony". Please help me. Thank You. Safras Hello,
I am from maldives and our website is atollparadise.com Last few days i am traying to take my search result in google in a diferent way but I dont know how to get it. for example if you search for “Sony” in google the result will come to there home page, about us page, contact us page, like there are 5 links will come together.
I also want to do somthing like that, i mean if you search “Atoll Paradise” (We are comming first) but can any body tell me how to get listed like above i said for “sony”.
Please help me.
Thank You.
Safras

]]> By: Dave Davis http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-2885 Dave Davis Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:07:24 +0000 http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-2885 Thanks Tony. Yea, it's great to see support from all the major search engines. Ask as I mentioned is one of my little gems and has always been a trouble maker for working out it's basic organic ranking factors. Thanks Tony. Yea, it’s great to see support from all the major search engines. Ask as I mentioned is one of my little gems and has always been a trouble maker for working out it’s basic organic ranking factors.

]]> By: SEO Facility http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-2731 SEO Facility Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:42:35 +0000 http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-2731 Informative and useful post again Dave, thanks for keeping us updated. The benefits are that you don’t have to submit site map info to every single search engines unless you want to keep an eye on the statistics. Adding the site map tag on the robots.txt is really simple and already done. Guess sitemap.xml will be a standard similar to the robots.txt in near future. Tony Informative and useful post again Dave, thanks for keeping us updated. The benefits are that you don’t have to submit site map info to every single search engines unless you want to keep an eye on the statistics. Adding the site map tag on the robots.txt is really simple and already done. Guess sitemap.xml will be a standard similar to the robots.txt in near future.

Tony

]]> By: Dave Davis http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-2677 Dave Davis Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:04:43 +0000 http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-2677 I use http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/ and it works exactly the same as GSITECRAWLER but makes a yahoo urllist too. The only difference is that it does not upload the sitemap to the server. I use http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/ and it works exactly the same as GSITECRAWLER but makes a yahoo urllist too. The only difference is that it does not upload the sitemap to the server.

]]> By: Dave Davis http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-2664 Dave Davis Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:11:43 +0000 http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-2664 Everything looks set up as it should be. You’re welcome. This is in my opinion a wonderful step forward for making things that little bit easier for webmasters. Everything looks set up as it should be. You’re welcome. This is in my opinion a wonderful step forward for making things that little bit easier for webmasters.

]]> By: Elaine Burke http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-2401 Elaine Burke Fri, 13 Apr 2007 06:56:25 +0000 http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-2401 Thanks Dave, I have installed that pugin and it works great! It even pings google sitemaps when updated But I guess it doesn't matter now) Thanks Dave, I have installed that pugin and it works great! It even pings google sitemaps when updated But I guess it doesn’t matter now)

]]> By: Dave Davis http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-2334 Dave Davis Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:53:53 +0000 http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-2334 Hi Elaine, I reccomend the softplus tool linked above. Once you set it up it is relatively simple to run it again and ping the SEs. Alternatively, for your wordpress blog, you may want to take a look at this great plugin: http://www.arnebrachhold.de/2005/06/05/google-sitemaps-generator-v2-final Let me know if you need a hand setting it up. Hi Elaine, I reccomend the softplus tool linked above. Once you set it up it is relatively simple to run it again and ping the SEs. Alternatively, for your wordpress blog, you may want to take a look at this great plugin:

http://www.arnebrachhold.de/2005/06/05/google-sitemaps-generator-v2-final

Let me know if you need a hand setting it up.

]]> By: Elaine Burke http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-2332 Elaine Burke Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:32:52 +0000 http://www.redflymarketing.com/blog/search-engine-sitemaps/#comment-2332 Thanks for the update Dave.The only problem now is recreating my sitemap everytime I update my site with a new page or area. What do you suggest for this? Thanks for the update Dave.The only problem now is recreating my sitemap everytime I update my site with a new page or area. What do you suggest for this?

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