Sitemaps in Google alternatives?

So... I've been using Google sitemaps for a while now, and it struck me
that Yahoo! and MSN/Live Search also probably have something similar.
Do they, and are they worth using?

Is it bad to use puretext ones? I currently do that. I don't see why I
should waste bandwidth with XML data. Do the other search engines use
different formats, so you need to make one sitemap per engine, or do
they use a common standard (be it XML or puretext)?

Also, what's the current marketshare percentage between the largest
search engines?

__/ [ KimmoA ] on Saturday 09 September 2006 16:46 \__

So... I've been using Google sitemaps for a while now, and it struck me
that Yahoo! and MSN/Live Search also probably have something similar.
Do they, and are they worth using?

Is it bad to use puretext ones? I currently do that. I don't see why I
should waste bandwidth with XML data. Do the other search engines use
different formats, so you need to make one sitemap per engine, or do
they use a common standard (be it XML or puretext)?

Also, what's the current marketshare percentage between the largest
search engines?

Kimmo,

Forget about Google Sitemap. Drop rel="nofollow" as well. They don't help
you. They are not standard either, in case you care for importance of
uniformity, which is essential for any engineering discipline. They are like
Amazon/A9's sitemap.xml, which is a selfish 'extension'. Don't fool
yourself. Companies will have you believe that these things benefit you, but
it's really about self benefit, to the inve[n/s]tor.

Site map = "give us a picture of your site, so that we spare less bandwidth,
CPU, and RAM. In terms of crawling, indexing, and cycles, nothing better is
guaranteed."

rel='follow' = "Oops. Our backlinks-based algorithms is flawed and it is
easily subverted by SPAM. Please modify your site to clean up our SERP's. To
you, let it be perceived as an elixir to SPAM rather than aimless flagging
for the benefit of SE('s)."

Best wishes,

Roy

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On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 12:34:15 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
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__/ [ KimmoA ] on Saturday 09 September 2006 16:46 \__

So... I've been using Google sitemaps for a while now, and it struck me
that Yahoo! and MSN/Live Search also probably have something similar.
Do they, and are they worth using?

Is it bad to use puretext ones? I currently do that. I don't see why I
should waste bandwidth with XML data. Do the other search engines use
different formats, so you need to make one sitemap per engine, or do
they use a common standard (be it XML or puretext)?

Also, what's the current marketshare percentage between the largest
search engines?

Kimmo,

Forget about Google Sitemap. Drop rel="nofollow" as well. They don't help
you. They are not standard either, in case you care for importance of
uniformity, which is essential for any engineering discipline. They are like
Amazon/A9's sitemap.xml, which is a selfish 'extension'. Don't fool
yourself. Companies will have you believe that these things benefit you, but
it's really about self benefit, to the inve[n/s]tor.

Site map = "give us a picture of your site, so that we spare less bandwidth,
CPU, and RAM. In terms of crawling, indexing, and cycles, nothing better is
guaranteed."

rel='follow' = "Oops. Our backlinks-based algorithms is flawed and it is
easily subverted by SPAM. Please modify your site to clean up our SERP's. To
you, let it be perceived as an elixir to SPAM rather than aimless flagging
for the benefit of SE('s)."

Best wishes,

Roy

Ahem; why was it you didn't get that job again? :-)

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__/ [ Big Bill ] on Sunday 10 September 2006 15:07 \__

On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 12:34:15 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
newsgroups (AT) schestowitz (DOT) com> wrote:

__/ [ KimmoA ] on Saturday 09 September 2006 16:46 \__

So... I've been using Google sitemaps for a while now, and it struck me
that Yahoo! and MSN/Live Search also probably have something similar.
Do they, and are they worth using?

Is it bad to use puretext ones? I currently do that. I don't see why I
should waste bandwidth with XML data. Do the other search engines use
different formats, so you need to make one sitemap per engine, or do
they use a common standard (be it XML or puretext)?

Also, what's the current marketshare percentage between the largest
search engines?

Kimmo,

Forget about Google Sitemap. Drop rel="nofollow" as well. They don't help
you. They are not standard either, in case you care for importance of
uniformity, which is essential for any engineering discipline. They are
like Amazon/A9's sitemap.xml, which is a selfish 'extension'. Don't fool
yourself. Companies will have you believe that these things benefit you,
but it's really about self benefit, to the inve[n/s]tor.

Site map = "give us a picture of your site, so that we spare less
bandwidth, CPU, and RAM. In terms of crawling, indexing, and cycles,
nothing better is guaranteed."

rel='follow' = "Oops. Our backlinks-based algorithms is flawed and it is
easily subverted by SPAM. Please modify your site to clean up our SERP's.
To you, let it be perceived as an elixir to SPAM rather than aimless
flagging for the benefit of SE('s)."

Ahem; why was it you didn't get that job again? :-)

I am not a sufficiently experienced systems administrator. But getting a job
is one thing. Retaining it when people Google your name is another.
*shudders*

Best wishes,

Roy

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should waste bandwidth with XML data.

Depending on your site, the extra information may be useful.

that Yahoo!

Yahoo uses .txt as well

Also, what's the current marketshare percentage between the largest
search engines?

In my search logs Google is definitely the largest :-)



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