From: http://hendry.iki.fi/ Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 19:00:49 +0000 (-0400) Subject: update on google not grokking feeds X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/commitdiff_plain/66ca8541c26c0b4d08bf44fed8bc50469959aef9 update on google not grokking feeds --- diff --git a/doc/todo/Google_Sitemap_protocol.mdwn b/doc/todo/Google_Sitemap_protocol.mdwn index 39a3522d2..61d3b4c32 100644 --- a/doc/todo/Google_Sitemap_protocol.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/Google_Sitemap_protocol.mdwn @@ -39,4 +39,8 @@ According to [Google Webmaster tools](https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/), There is a [sitemap XML standard](http://www.sitemaps.org/protocol.php) that ikiwiki needs to generate for. -Update: I've since discovered under [Google Webmaster tools 'Subscriber stats'](https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/subscriberstats), you can tell Google to treat a feed as a sitemap. Therefore in many cases just submitting your [[ikiwiki/blog/]]'s feed will be enough for Google to start better indexing your ikiwiki site. +Update: I've since discovered under [Google Webmaster tools 'Subscriber stats'](https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/subscriberstats), you can tell Google to treat a feed as a sitemap. Therefore in many cases just submitting your [[ikiwiki/blog/]]'s feed will be enough for Google to start better indexing your ikiwiki site. **Update:** Sorry this is bollocks. Google doesn't grok a feed as a sitemap. You'll get a ERROR: + + We were unable to read your Sitemap. It may contain an entry we are unable to recognize. Please validate your Sitemap before resubmitting. + +[Google should grok feeds as sitemaps.](http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=34654) Or rather [[plugins/inline]] should be improved to support the [sitemap protocol](http://sitemaps.org/protocol.php) natively.