Google近日发布名为“sitemaps”的搜索工具 

Google近日发布名为“sitemaps”的新搜索工具。

个人站长和企业用户都可以使用，该工具还是beta版，网管可以在其web服务器上安装sitemaps格式文件，以便让Google的搜索爬虫能够及时发现新发布以及重新更新过的网页。要使用该搜索工具“Sitemap Generator”，需要Python 2.2或者更高版本的服务器环境，网络管理员还必须要生成一个XML文档，并传送到web服务器上，并且能够运行scripts。

Google强调使用sitemaps并不会影响其网站在google搜索结果索引中的网站位次。

Google tests tool to aid Web indexing
Published: June 3, 2005, 7:41 AM PDT
By Dawn Kawamoto
Staff Writer, CNET News.com

Google has launched an experiment designed to speed the flow of Web site information to the search giant's index.

The program, called Sitemaps, is free to site administrators and owners, whether they manage single-page or corporate sites.

"This collaborative crawling system will allow our crawlers to optimize the usefulness of Google's index for users by improving its coverage and freshness," the company said on the Sitemaps site.

Google's latest feature comes as competitors in the search industry continue to look for ways to gain greater traction among surfers.

 Sitemaps, which is currently in beta, calls for Web administrators to place a Sitemaps-formatted file on their Web servers. This allows the Google crawlers to see which pages are present on a site and which have been changed.

In order to use the tool, known as the Sitemap Generator, a Web administrator must create an XML file, know how to transfer files to a Web server and know how to run scripts. Sitemap Generator requires Python 2.2 or higher, according to Google.

The company notes, however, that using Sitemaps will not influence a site's ranking on Google's search listings.