Topic - Online Video & sitemaps
RIP Google Video Uploads – Get Your Sitemaps Ready
Yesterday, Google finally announced that they are shutting down the ability for users to upload videos to Google Video “in a few months”. I say finally because many of us expected this to happen for some time and given the efforts spent on enhancements to YouTube, it only makes sense that Google keeps Youtube as the source for uploading video.
Google MRSS & RSS2.0 for Video Sitemaps – Tips & Info
When Google first announced the support for video sitemaps, there were many folks who asked why they didnt support MRSS feeds as video sitemaps. It then became clear that Google did accept MRSS feeds from some partners, but that they were interested in creating a xml sitemap protocol (which is a good idea – more to follow) for video. Either way, if you were to look at the sitemap instructions on Google, you would not have seen mention of MRSS as an acceptable format for video sitemaps. In fact, if you look at their main page in the help section “About Video Sitemaps,” there is still no mention of MRSS feeds.
How to use Google Video XML Sitemaps for Video SEO
UPDATED TIPS – Using MRSS and XML Sitemaps for Google Video
The Problem.
Video Sitemap Support At Google Sitemaps
In an effort to help users search all the world’s public videos, the Google Video team announced support for Video Sitemaps—an extension of the Sitemap Protocol that helps make your videos more discoverable via Google Video Search.
