Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo have just announced that they will begin using a standard sitemap protocol. I’ve done a lot of work over the last two years designing various sitemaps, so now that I’ll be able to design one for everybody is a huge benefit to my clients. Not only are these three groups working together but they also decided to use the same standard - that’s a miracle.
Google’s Announcement

Microsoft’s Announcement

Yahoo’s Announcement

Luckily, the format they’ve decided on was previously Google’s, so adapting existing sitemaps to this new protocol will be painless. I’ll be updating my own sitemaps sometime soon - Botsko.net, MySquibbles, etc.

If you’re interested in creating or upgrading your sitemap, please feel free to contact me.

Users of the SCPM3 system will automatically receive a new sitemap generator in the next update.

Yay!