Site maps
 

Anyone have, off the top of their head, good links to site map info? examples, how-tos, or whatnot?

Of course, when I need a good example, I just point to one of ours.

LOL, I am already there... I knew once I hit submit I'd get this.

k, next question, is it better to make a Google only sitemap, or one for all SE's?

Well, I have recently heard that Google and Yahoo! had something in the works as far as sitemaps are concerned, but I don't know that it has been implemented yet.

We aren't doing anything different anyway.

There was a story about Yahoo and MS endorsing Google's format in the news in the past few days

That would make the most sense . . . would be pretty hectic trying to make a different sitemap for each individual search engine.

Well the page I am on now says I should make one for Google, and another for all the rest of them... so I guess two ain't so bad.

What page is that?

http://www.auditmypc.com/free-sitemap-generator.asp

"...The main benefit of the Google Sitemap is that you are suggesting information to Google about your website, such as which pages are most important and which ones have been updated. Do it right, and Google will likely follow your suggestions. Do it wrong and you could really mess things up!

To sum it up - Add the Google sitemap (click on the graphic below this box) if you can, but always have an html sitemap on your website if you want to be known by all search engines!..."

Big G good ole Yahoo! and classy MicroSoft are 'reunited' and accepted an unique sitemaps standard that is available on www.sitemaps.org. The standard is based on XML and XML sitemaps that could also yahoo and msn read. If you have G xml sitemap you do not have to change anything, yahoo and msn spider will take it and index it :)

Pretty cool stuff if you ask me :thumbsup

good stuff aico

Guess I don't know what an "html sitemap" is

Just an html page with links to every page on your site, split up into categories or directories.