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diff --git a/doc/todo/Google_Sitemap_protocol.mdwn b/doc/todo/Google_Sitemap_protocol.mdwn index 63000ad45..8fa14d8c9 100644 --- a/doc/todo/Google_Sitemap_protocol.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/Google_Sitemap_protocol.mdwn @@ -1,3 +1,16 @@ It would be useful if ikiwiki was able to create [google sitemap][1] files to allow easy indexing. -[1]: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/docs/en/protocol.html
\ No newline at end of file +[1]: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/docs/en/protocol.html + +> Sitemaps are particularly beneficial when users can't reach all areas of a +> website through a browseable interface. (Generally, this is when users are +> unable to reach certain pages or regions of a site by following links). For +> example, any site where certain pages are only accessible via a search form +> would benefit from creating a Sitemap and submitting it to search engines. + +What I don't get is exactly how ikiwiki, as a static wiki that's quite +deeply hyperlinked, benefits from a sitemap. The orphans plugin can +produce a map of pages that other pages do not link to, if you're worried +about having such pages not found by web spiders. + +--[[Joey]] |