Our PubCon coverage continues from Las Vegas with this special report.
In an exclusive video interview with WebProNews Yahoo and Google announced a collaborative site called sitemaps.org. Tim Mayer states in the video, “This is something we are announcing tonight at around 9 PM tonight (Las Vegas) Google and Yahoo have gotten together to provide webmasters and publishers a unified way to send their content … let our search engines know about new and existing content.”
Vanessa Fox of Google added, “So we are launching a new site, Sitemaps.org and that will be jointly supported by Yahoo and Google and it will have the sitemaps protocol there. Over time as we evolve it as sort of a collaborative effort all of the information will be there. We are really hoping that this will help webmasters to have an open standard and make it much easier so that they don’t have to worry about one type of feed for one engine and another type of feed for another engine.”
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There are certain partnerships you cannot ignore and if Google and Yahoo are involved, jointly, then most of the free world will take notice. With that in mind, Tim Mayer of Yahoo and Vanessa Fox of Google have announced, exclusively to WebProNews, they have combined forces to launch Sitemaps.org. This service gives webmasters and siteowners a sitemaps.org tool that will be usable by all the search engines willing to participate.
Not only are Google and Yahoo collaborating on this project, they’ve also issued an open invitation to the other search engines willing to join. Microsoft accepted that invitation and will jointly support Sitemaps.org and its efforts.
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The world has really become a much more casual place. Is it just me or wouldn’t it be a good idea to have a list of questions before you start these things.
Great video, I fully enjoyed it
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[...] A video of the announcement is here. Also the new home for the sitemaps standard is at sitemaps.org Google have also put the sitemap standard into the public domain. [...]
[...] WebProNews published an announcement about the search engines Google and Yahoo agreeing to work on a common sitemaps standard and the launch of sitemaps.org at the WebmasterWorld Pubcon conference in Las Vegas last year. [...]
[...] See the official website sitemaps.org and watch the announcement of their launch. [...]
[...] Das Thema Suchmaschinenoptimierung (SEO) ist schier unerschöpflich. Neben unserem Lieblingsslogan “Content is King” also der Macht des richtigen Inhalts, gibt es natürlich auch noch weitere Aspekte. Sogenannte Off-Site Themen (Verlinkungen, Partnerschaften etc.) und auch On-Site im Sinne von Technik (Keywords, Pfadstruktur etc.). Wichtig für jede Suchmaschine ist zweifellos die Sitemap einer Webpage. Schon heute beachten die führenden Systeme (Google, Yahoo! etc.) die Seitenübersicht, die ja auch einem Nutzer, wenn sie gut gemacht ist, eine strukturierte Übersicht über das Webangebot gibt. Mit einer Initiative von Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft Live Search und Ask.com wird die automatisierte Erkennung und Berücksichtigung von Sitemaps über noch zu definierende Standards in den Suchmaschinen deutlich aufgewertet. [...]
[...] WebProNews published an announcement about the search engines Google and Yahoo agreeing to work on a common sitemaps standard and the launch of sitemaps.org at the WebmasterWorld Pubcon conference in Las Vegas last year. [...]
[...] WebProNews published an announcement about the search engines Google and Yahoo agreeing to work on a common sitemaps standard and the launch of sitemaps.org at the WebmasterWorld Pubcon conference in Las Vegas last year. [...]
Now all the hype is over I think it is time Yahoo and Google start to show us more information on this joint project!!!
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[...] WebProNews also published a nice PubCon video with Vanessa Fox (Google Search) and Tim Mayer (Yahoo! Search). What strikes me out is that those two guys, Vanessa and Tim are talking about a Google-Yahoo! thing, not a Google-Yahoo!-MSN thing. So what’s the deal after all ? Is Microsoft in it or not ? They say they are on their blog. [...]
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Amazing. The globalization is always surprising…
I think now is everything much easier.
[...] With the search engine industry expressing a desire for webmasters to employ functional Sitemaps, it’s easy to see how important these documents can be when it comes to being indexed correctly. Now Google, who initially launched the Sitemap program, is offering the same service for those who are already apart of Google News. [...]
[...] If like me you didn’t make it to Vagus for the 14th WMW conference, there’s some great coverage at Webpronews including interviews with Matt Cutts from Google, and Brett Tabke who started WMW. I haven’t had the time to go through all the video, but there’s even more talk of social media than ever before, an even talk of traffic beyond search. [...]
Yea baby! This sitemap standardization will enable webmasters to answer many questions. We will soon discover why webpages are not consistantly ranked in most all of the serch engines the same way. Then, we will be able to offer professional solutions. Congratulations Google and Yahoo. We’re watching you on WebProNews
[...] There are certain partnerships and collaborations that inspire double takes: Microsoft and Apple developing a working Windows platform for Macs and deep-fried Coca-Cola come to mind. Well, there’s another log you can add to the fire and it comes in the form of an SEO tool, courtesy of search industry giants Google, MSN, and Yahoo. Could it be, Google and Yahoo both working together on a common goal? Let us know your thoughts at WebProNews. [...]
[...] Sitemaps.org - Yahoo + Google work together! Get this: Yahoo and Google came together and developed a new site called sitemaps.org - Home The idea is to allow for a uniform method for webmasters to release site maps to search engines (or at least Yahoo and Google). The video release was made by Vanessa Fox from Google and some guy (Tim Mayer) from Yahoo on this web : WebProNews Video Blog » Blog Archive » Exclusive: Yahoo And Google Launch Sitemaps.org __________________ Before I post on DS, I read the rules! [...]
[...] Exclusive Video: Yahoo And Google Launch Sitemaps.org There are certain partnerships you cannot ignore and if Google and Yahoo are involved, jointly, then most of the free world will take notice. With that in mind, Tim Mayer of Yahoo and Vanessa Fox of Google have announced, exclusively to WebProNews, they have combined forces to launch Sitemaps.org. [...]