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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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November 16th, 2006 at 8:34 am
Hallejuah! Hallejuah! Halleujah! …. etc. This makes everything a lot easier.
About time!
November 16th, 2006 at 10:17 am
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November 16th, 2006 at 11:54 am
[...] 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. [...]
November 16th, 2006 at 12:09 pm
[...] Google e Yahoo (con invito/accettato a MSN e altri motori) insieme per aumentare la visibilità dei siti web nei posizionamenti organici (video annuncio in WebProNews) con sitemaps.org. What are Sitemaps? Sitemaps are an easy way for webmasters to inform search engines about pages on their sites that are available for crawling. In its simplest form, a Sitemap is an XML file that lists URLs for a site along with additional metadata about each URL (when it was last updated, how often it usually changes, and how important it is, relative to other URLs in the site) so that search engines can more intelligently crawl the site. [...]
November 16th, 2006 at 12:13 pm
[...] 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. [...]
November 16th, 2006 at 12:20 pm
It’s a good move.
November 16th, 2006 at 12:32 pm
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November 16th, 2006 at 12:54 pm
about time perhaps we might get a level playing field now
November 16th, 2006 at 1:27 pm
Was MSN not invited to the party?
November 16th, 2006 at 1:28 pm
um, Microsoft is part of this too…
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/search-engines-united.html
http://www.sitemaps.org/terms.html
November 16th, 2006 at 1:40 pm
[...] Good news webmasters! Now you can build one single sitemap and submit it to Google and Yahoo! w/o modifying the code. See the video of Google and Yahoo! Execs chatting with WebProNews. [...]
November 16th, 2006 at 2:14 pm
[...] Exclusive Video: Yahoo And Google Launch Sitemaps.orgWebProNews, KY - 1 hour agoIn an exclusive video interview with WebProNews Yahoo and Google announced a collaborative site called sitemaps.org. Tim Mayer states … [...]
November 16th, 2006 at 2:38 pm
[...] You can watch a video of it here. [...]
November 16th, 2006 at 3:27 pm
[...] WebProNews also published a nice PubCon video with Vanessa Fox (Google Search) and Tim Mayer (Yahoo! Search) [...]
November 16th, 2006 at 3:57 pm
This is a great development and should really help the search engines work with large database-driven websites that feature query-laiden URL structures. Good to see the engines join forces and set standards.
November 16th, 2006 at 5:22 pm
Great! I’m happy to notice cooperation between the best search engines. We will finally have one submittable sitemap; This will so much easier to deal with. thanks!
November 16th, 2006 at 6:31 pm
[...] Yahoo / Google work together on sitemaps! Hi guys, Quick bit of news on the SEO front. News has hit the net that Yahoo and Google are working together on a new "sitemaps" implementation. You’d be hard pressed to know the two biggest Search Engines are behind the site ( sitemaps.org - Home ) due to the lack of mention of ever names but rest assured I’ve found a Video Interview here with further background information on the initiative. Just for info Microsoft (to a lesser degree) are also on-board with the project! Regards, Martin (ps. Some of you may have noticed the site before, I know I’ve stumbled on it a while ago but this news should apply added weight to it’s worth.) __________________ Subbynet Information Technologies IT Installations & Support, Consultancy and Specialist Business Logic Integrators Tel:- 0870 896 55 65 Email:- infoTIYB@subbynet.co.uk Providing solutions for a productive future! [...]
November 16th, 2006 at 6:43 pm
[...] I caught a video from the Web Pro News where they conduct a gripping interview with people from Google and Yahoo. Check it out for more insight. I remember the Yahoo guy in the interview from the old Webmaster World days when we were thinking about SEO consulting…old days? That’s was only a year ago. Posted in: All [...]
November 16th, 2006 at 7:47 pm
This is great! Google, MSN and Yahoo working together, awesome!
November 16th, 2006 at 8:02 pm
[...] A video interview on WebProNews.com explains in detail: http://videos.webpronews.com/index.php/2006/11/16/yahoo-and-google-collaborate-on-search/ The site: sitemaps.org, explains some of the frequently asked questions as well as a detailed description of the format. [...]
November 16th, 2006 at 8:31 pm
[...] Å odien Yahoo un Google palaida kopÄ“ju projektu Sitemaps.org, kas nodroÅ¡inÄs visiem programmÄ“tÄjiem un informÄcijas veidotÄjiem unificÄ“tu veidu, lai nodroÅ¡inÄtu satura piegÄdi neatkarÄ«gi no ‘fÄ«da’ veida. ZÄ«mÄ«gi, ka tas saucas ’sitemaps’. EkskluzÄ«vs video par Å¡o notikumu apskatÄms iekÅ¡ WebProNews. [...]
November 16th, 2006 at 9:33 pm
I am cautiously pesamistic about it!!
I’ll take a wait and see attitude.
I can only imagine that there will be a lot of problems at first that will need to be ironed out. I will not be the first one to jump on the band wagon!!!
November 16th, 2006 at 11:11 pm
[...] Exclusive Video: Yahoo And Google Launch Sitemaps.org via WebProNews Video Blog (via /.) (tags: Yahoo google search web todo) [...]
November 17th, 2006 at 12:41 am
That would be great!!!!
November 17th, 2006 at 12:46 am
[...] (Hacer click para direccionar al video original) Pero esto no es todo.. no solo Yahoo y Google trabajarán en conjunto para mejorar e implementar esta herramienta. Parece que la compañia de Bill Gates ha analizado la propuesta y según versiones extra oficiales se estarÃa sumando oficialmente al proyecto en los próximos dÃas. [...]
November 17th, 2006 at 12:58 am
what is the url for the auto sitemap generator tool for the new format? not just the specification.there does not appear to be one at sitemaps.org
thanks
November 17th, 2006 at 2:08 am
[...] Exclusive Video: Yahoo And Google Launch Sitemaps.org [...]
November 17th, 2006 at 2:28 am
[...] A video of an interview with Vanessa Fox, Google, and Tim Mayer, Yahoo!, can be found on the WebProNews-Page. [...]
November 17th, 2006 at 2:35 am
What a fantastic move by Google and Yahoo to collaborate together. I like the idea that the site won’t be branded “Google” or “Yahoo” and that it will provide one standard for all.
I am also pleased to hear that there is an open invitation to all other search engines to join. Well done to G & Y for taking initiative…
November 17th, 2006 at 4:48 am
[...] </center>In una escusiva intervista, ad opera di WebProNews Yahoo and Google annunciano l’inizio di una collaborazione per un progetto comune chiamato: sitemaps.org. Tim Mayer, general director di Yahoo nel video afferma: “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.†[...]
November 17th, 2006 at 9:42 am
[...] The anouncement ( Video ) is here [...]
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November 17th, 2006 at 10:19 am
Good iniative, going with a well-established (open) standard is always positive - regardless of who made it.
Something negative now: The clip is playing 5 secs and then buffering, playing 5 secs and then buffering again, you should look into this.
November 17th, 2006 at 12:42 pm
[...] so as not to miss out on the action. If you want to check out the video on WebProNews, click here. Tags: google [...]
November 17th, 2006 at 1:56 pm
Wow… that’s great news for every webmaster.
Regards,
Frank Bauer
http://www.Add2it.com
November 17th, 2006 at 4:14 pm
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November 17th, 2006 at 5:47 pm
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November 17th, 2006 at 11:14 pm
[...] Video: Tim Mayor from Yahoo and Vanessa Fox from Google speak about this relationship via WebProNews. Watch Video [...]
November 18th, 2006 at 8:20 am
Finally a fantastic product for everyone likes internet power. Thanks very much Yahoo and Google !!!
November 18th, 2006 at 10:13 am
Well that’s a very good move by these major search engines. This will reduce a lot of additional work for all of us. We may expect such tie-ups in future as well.
November 19th, 2006 at 9:29 am
Good example for world - Google and Yahoo together:-)
November 19th, 2006 at 5:50 pm
Great news to hear that google and yahoo are starting to work together and now hopefully we can start treating them as equal.
November 20th, 2006 at 11:08 am
Nice interview Chris, congrats again - great to see WebProNews break this story.
November 21st, 2006 at 3:33 am
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November 22nd, 2006 at 1:38 am
[...] Exclusive: Yahoo And Google Launch Sitemaps.org : Web Pro News Video http://videos.webpronews.com/index.php/2006/11/16/yahoo-and-google-collaborate-on-search/ [...]
November 22nd, 2006 at 4:30 am
[...] Click To Play - 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. [...]
November 22nd, 2006 at 8:24 am
[...] 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. [...]
November 22nd, 2006 at 7:51 pm
[...] 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! [...]
November 23rd, 2006 at 12:09 pm
[...] 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. [...]
November 23rd, 2006 at 5:24 pm
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
November 26th, 2006 at 6:09 pm
[...] 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. [...]
November 27th, 2006 at 12:32 pm
[...] 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. [...]
December 4th, 2006 at 8:25 am
Amazing. The globalization is always surprising…
I think now is everything much easier.
December 5th, 2006 at 12:34 pm
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December 5th, 2006 at 8:27 pm
[...] 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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April 10th, 2007 at 7:13 pm
Now all the hype is over I think it is time Yahoo and Google start to show us more information on this joint project!!!
April 11th, 2007 at 11:39 am
[...] 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. [...]
April 11th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
[...] 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. [...]
April 11th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
[...] 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. [...]
April 11th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
[...] See the official website sitemaps.org and watch the announcement of their launch. [...]
April 12th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
[...] 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. [...]
June 1st, 2007 at 8:35 am
[...] 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. [...]
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[...] For more information and to watch an interview with Google and Yahoo! on the announcement, click to watch the Exclusive Video: Google and Yahoo! Launch Sitemaps.org. [...]
June 10th, 2008 at 1:19 am
Great video, I fully enjoyed it
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:03 am
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