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Google Sitemaps - PFI Coming?

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Source Title:
Q&A with Shiva Shivakumar, technical lead for Google Sitemaps
Source Url:
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/050602-195224
Story Text:

Google Sitemaps is an easy way for you to help improve your coverage in the Google index. It's a collaborative crawling system that enables you to communicate directly with Google to keep us informed of all your web pages, and when you make changes to these pages.

https://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/login

- Y! MyWeb

hmm...

i signed up and re-clicked on the TOS to see if they were different. does the following mean affiliate sites, etc. can't use the service?

Quote:
Personal Use Only

The Google Services are made available for your personal, non-commercial use only. You may not use the Google Services to sell a product or service, or to increase traffic to your Web site for commercial reasons, such as advertising sales.

By kpaul at Jun 3 2005 - 03:55

I'm working from this (in the FAQ)

Quote:
2. Who can use Google Sitemaps?

Google Sitemaps is intended for all web site owners, from those with a single web page to companies with millions of ever-changing pages. If either of the following are true, then you may be especially interested in Google Sitemaps:

* You want Google to crawl more of your web pages.
* You want to be able to tell Google when content on your site changes.

By Gurtie at Jun 3 2005 - 09:39

looks like I was wrong

It hasn't even been a week since the TW pub con and it looks like I already going to lose a debate about Google PFI.
Although I'm not admitting defeat until I see the 'P' in PFI satisfied ;)

By GerBot at Jun 3 2005 - 12:34

Free

Google's faq about it says it's free, and that they have no plans to start charging.

By Jill at Jun 3 2005 - 13:07

they also said

that such a program allowed programmers to be lazy and create poor crawling technologies. but they let that idea slip it seems.

By seobook at Jun 3 2005 - 14:52

claim that website

Just another way for G to assign ownership to sites? Sitemap submission requires a Google account, so you identify yourself as the owner of a site in exchange for expedited sitemap inclusion. This could be inconvenient for those seeking to keep their networks covert.

By John Andrews at Jun 4 2005 - 02:56

A glorified directory

Between eval bunnies and site submission what do you have?

By hardball at Jun 4 2005 - 05:26

Based on Past Experience...

I for one am scheptical of most things that Google do especially if it's apparently for free - information is power as we all know so look to the future and make your own conclusions!

By MTWB at Jun 8 2005 - 13:28

Do not expect Google to open

Do not expect Google to open their PFI program to the general public any time soon.

By goodroi at Jun 8 2005 - 17:09

Heh, heh

Know somebody at the 'Plex?

By jimbeetle at Jun 8 2005 - 21:26