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Google is launching "Google Sitemaps" which lets the webmaster "talk" to google to better coordinate what gets index.

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/06/03/1226247&threshold=1&tid=2...

https://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/docs/en/ (currently slashdotted).

It looks like a type xml sitemap that google can read and use to help it find the pages.

This sounds like the PERFECT project for Google's Summer of Coding. I would do it but I don't know any php (yet).

Is anyone planning on making a module for this cool new feature?

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azote’s picture

azote commented

yeah... I placed a feature request for this earlier....

http://drupal.org/node/24245

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atreides-1 commented

Indeed, the best place for this feature to be, is sitemap.module. I've given it a look, and it doesn't provide (at least by now) what Google needs.

Meanwhile, Google also admits other formats, such as RSS 2.0, Atom 0.3, or even simple URLs (though this last one won't provide too much).

Google also recommends a Python script, as to generate this sitemap into an .xml, or .xml.gz file.

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jpwillms commented

hey guys.

this might help you

http://www.jordanwillms.com/index.php/archives/2005/06/03/drupal-module-...

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boris mann commented

Hey Jordan -- get a CVS account already!

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WorldMaker commented

Google also recommends a Python script, as to generate this sitemap into an .xml, or .xml.gz file.

PHP can just as easily output a .xml.gz file. Using PHP 4+s output buffer filters it can be a snap (not to mention it will react intelligently to the headers sent by the spider/browser).

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.ob-gzhandler.php

It sounds to me from the linked FAQ that Google recommends their Python script because it is already written. However, it wouldn't have any of the domain knowledge that the Drupal engine has...

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bertboerland commented

a feature request has been filed direct after the introduction. best to update information and hopefully code there.
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bertboerland commented

this site
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SamAMac commented

Hello,

My name is Matt Loar, and I will be writing a Google Sitemap module as part of the Google Summer of Code.

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chris Albon@www.emodo.com commented

My name is Chris Albon, and at the end of the summer Matt Loar will be my best friend :)

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kbahey commented

jwells pointed me to these links.

Perhaps those who are writing the Google Summer of Code can borrow from them.

http://enarion.net/google/

http://www.vigos.com/products/gsitemap/

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green monkey commented

google's new site mapping program is new to me - I have about an hour into reading and learning. I have submitted a site map already. However it has Sessions Id's in it and I'm trying to figure out how to stop that.

menawhile - here is a link I thought would be of use - its all the 3rd party resources and some GPL in there too.

http://code.google.com/sm_thirdparty.html

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