Comments on: XML Sitemaps – do they really get pages indexed? http://www.vertical-leap.co.uk/blog/xml-sitemaps-do-they-really-get-pages-indexed/ Content-Driven Search Marketing Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:48:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Pete Handley http://www.vertical-leap.co.uk/blog/xml-sitemaps-do-they-really-get-pages-indexed/#comment-313 Pete Handley Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:04:09 +0000 http://www.vertical-leap.co.uk/?p=5522#comment-313 I think you could well have a point with regards to Video Sitemaps here Rob - I certainly remember that video promotion in its infancy was all about getting visibility on a core number of key video sites, because Google was able to use those websites internal verification processes (and their crowd sourced "checks") as a method to take some of that judgement of video quality away from having to be managed by themselves. I should probably look at running a similar test at some stage with a video sitemap though, as I havent really needed to use them extensively just yet! I think you could well have a point with regards to Video Sitemaps here Rob – I certainly remember that video promotion in its infancy was all about getting visibility on a core number of key video sites, because Google was able to use those websites internal verification processes (and their crowd sourced “checks”) as a method to take some of that judgement of video quality away from having to be managed by themselves.

I should probably look at running a similar test at some stage with a video sitemap though, as I havent really needed to use them extensively just yet!

]]> By: RWeb Consulting http://www.vertical-leap.co.uk/blog/xml-sitemaps-do-they-really-get-pages-indexed/#comment-312 RWeb Consulting Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:45:32 +0000 http://www.vertical-leap.co.uk/?p=5522#comment-312 How about video sitemaps that are now being supported by Google? I believe it has helped some of my clients probably b/c Google can't really do a great job discerning what the video's context is about but if you describe what the video contains in an XML video sitemap its easier for Google to rank that video in their Search Engine Result Pages (SERPs). Thoughts/opinions? Thanks, Rob How about video sitemaps that are now being supported by Google?

I believe it has helped some of my clients probably b/c Google can’t really do a great job discerning what the video’s context is about but if you describe what the video contains in an XML video sitemap its easier for Google to rank that video in their Search Engine Result Pages (SERPs).

Thoughts/opinions?

Thanks,
Rob

]]> By: Alex http://www.vertical-leap.co.uk/blog/xml-sitemaps-do-they-really-get-pages-indexed/#comment-311 Alex Fri, 28 May 2010 13:11:22 +0000 http://www.vertical-leap.co.uk/?p=5522#comment-311 Search engine can crawl your site more easily with XML sitemaps and find new pages quicker. Thanks to a sitemap, you will have more chance to see your site being indexed. Adding the URL of a new page to the sitemap speeds encourages indexing. Search engine can crawl your site more easily with XML sitemaps and find new pages quicker. Thanks to a sitemap, you will have more chance to see your site being indexed. Adding the URL of a new page to the sitemap speeds encourages indexing.

]]> By: Karl Foxley http://www.vertical-leap.co.uk/blog/xml-sitemaps-do-they-really-get-pages-indexed/#comment-310 Karl Foxley Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:56:58 +0000 http://www.vertical-leap.co.uk/?p=5522#comment-310 Well put! I totally agree that 'it certainly isn't worth spending $400 for a company to create a Google and Yahoo sitemap' as there are so many free services that can be used. Regards, Karl Well put! I totally agree that ‘it certainly isn’t worth spending $400 for a company to create a Google and Yahoo sitemap’ as there are so many free services that can be used.

Regards,

Karl

]]> By: Linn http://www.vertical-leap.co.uk/blog/xml-sitemaps-do-they-really-get-pages-indexed/#comment-309 Linn Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:06:40 +0000 http://www.vertical-leap.co.uk/?p=5522#comment-309 Well, I use sitemaps for the sites I do... and I wouldn't ever put a URL in there if I wouldn't link to if from anywhere in on the site. I understand you did this for testing purposes. I guess my interpretation of Google has always been "please submit a sitemap as a help to which pages are more important for you, and which pages you want indexed - otherwise, we'll just do our best in guessing" Well, I use sitemaps for the sites I do… and I wouldn’t ever put a URL in there if I wouldn’t link to if from anywhere in on the site.

I understand you did this for testing purposes.

I guess my interpretation of Google has always been “please submit a sitemap as a help to which pages are more important for you, and which pages you want indexed – otherwise, we’ll just do our best in guessing”

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