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Time2Change Feed Service
Google XML sitemaps
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One of the feeds which will be generated from your product data will be XML sitemaps which adhere to sitemap protocol 9 as defined by sitemaps.org
The Sitemap Protocol allows you to tell search engines about pages on your websites that are available to be indexed.
A sitemap that uses the sitemap protocol is an XML file that describes the pages on your site.
Sitemaps can improve the search engine optimization of your site as they ensure that all of the pages on the site an be found.
The protocol was written to be highly scalable so it can accommodate sites of any size. It also enables webmasters to include additional information about each URL when it was last updated; how often it changes; how important it is in relation to other URLs in the site) o that search engines can more intelligently crawl the site.
Sitemaps are particularly beneficial when users can't reach all areas of a website through a browseable interface. (Generally, this is when users are unable to reach certain pages or regions of a site by following links). For example, any site where certain pages are only accessible via a search form would benefit from creating a Sitemap and submitting it to search engines.
Google, MSN Yahoo and ask all support the sitemap protocol.
Having a sitemap is the best way to ensure that all of the major search engines learn about your entire site.
Read more about google sitemaps at
Google webmasters tools . Find out about
Submitting your site map to search engines.
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