Video Sitemap Explained
How to create Video Sitemaps and how are they used
Google Video Sitemaps provide Google with metadata about video content on a website. The video site operated by Google is the largest video search entity on the Web. With a Video Sitemap, site owners can inform Google of the category, title, description, running time, and intended audience for each video contained on the site. This helps Google know about all the rich video content on the site, which should improve the listing of the site on video search results.
When supported format video information is either submitted as a separate Sitemap or included in the regular Sitemap, the included URLs for the videos are made searchable through Google Video. The videos may also be accessed through other search products offered by Google. When users find the videos through Google, they see a thumbnail image of the video content and related information, which is pulled from the Sitemap. They are then linked to the hosted environment for video playback.
NOTE:
Sitemap Generator script automatically detects embedded videos on your pages and creates a separate sitemap with related details.
In the current version of the standalone sitemap generator the following video sources are supported:
YouTube,
Google Video,
Vimeo,
Dailymotion,
MTV,
Blip.tv.
Additionally, VideoObject Schema markup is supported.
An example of Video sitemap file on our site: sitemap_video.xml (yes, we don't have a lot of videos on our site :) )
You can find more details on google webmaster tools help pages.
“This is a fantastic tool – so quick and simple to use.
In less than a few minutes the map was complete and submitted to google!
Thank you so much!”
Perfect Housekeeping www.perfecthousekeeping.co.uk
» more testimonials“Even though we only have a small web site with a few incoming links Google would only index our home page. After finding and using XML Sitemaps our site is now fully index.
It is easy to use even if you don't know anyting about programming or XML.”
Matt Campbell, http://www.key-waste.co.uk/
» more testimonials“Perfect, after an afternoon spent trying the rest I stumbled across this generator and all I can say is WOW.
It is superb at indexing the pages and for a small site it's done in no time at all. I had to double check the xml feed because I didn't believe that it could go that quickly and comprehensively index my site but of course it did.
This is a terrific product.”
The Garden Elegance Team,
» more testimonials“I was getting ready to hire somebody to create a Google XML sitemap for me, but luckily I found your tool before I did. It definitely saved me time and money and I will definitely recommend it to others. It was, fast, quick and easier than I expected.
Thanks a lot!”
Bryan Flores
» more testimonials“Do not hesitate to use this excellent site map generator service.
You will not regret the time or money spent!”
Winston Bain vacationrentalapartmentnewyork.com
» more testimonialsAbout sitemaps
About XML SitemapHTML Sitemap
Images Sitemap
Video Sitemap
News Sitemap
Mobile Sitemap
Text Sitemap About Broken Links