Yahoo! Adopts Site Maps (urllist.txt)
The Yahoo! web site suggestion page has a new paragraph of text which reads:
While neither of these will probably increase your rankings, they will help ensure that every page you create at least has a chance to get "on the map".
Links: Yahoo! Search submission page, Google's Sitemap login page
You can also provide the location of a text file containing a list of URLs,Yahoo!'s site map technology is far less complicated than Google's sitemap, which must be a special file formatted in XML. Although, unlike Yahoo!'s urllist.txt, which is purely a list of URLs. Google's sitemap.xml contains more information. Such as: last date modified, projected change frequency, and page importance.
one URL per line, say urllist.txt. We also recognize compressed versions of
the file, say urllist.gz.
While neither of these will probably increase your rankings, they will help ensure that every page you create at least has a chance to get "on the map".
Links: Yahoo! Search submission page, Google's Sitemap login page
Labels: yahoo
posted by SEO Rob at 8/23/2005 08:16:00 PM
5 Comments:
Are there any samples of a Yahoo urlist.txt file?
The urllist.txt file is very easy to create, but also some of the CMS systems out there have a module that will auto-generate it whenever the Yahoo crawler visits. I know the Drupal CMS has a module called URLLIST that does this (which I use).
I've written a tutorial on how to get better seo search engine positioning and page ranking in Google, Yahoo, and MSN that details not only how to use the Yahoo! and Google Sitemap features, but also how to write better copy and do better placement on the page (in addition to breadcrumbs, page title, descriptions, and headings) to achieve front page rankings with no smoke and mirrors using tried and true organic search techniques. This is article is a completely free self help guide explaining how to do what I did to achieve front page google rankings for increased traffic. No gimmicks - no BS, no money!
does anyone have an example of a Yahoo urlist.txt i can see as well?
I added my ecommerce site to the yahoo list tonight - hopefully it helps everything index correctly.
There's really no need for a sample of Yahoo urlist.txt. All you have to do is put one URL per line in a text file and then save it as urlist.txt
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