Google has announced the addition of some truly useful features to make Google Sitemaps an even better tool for the web. Theyve given their site a facelift and made it easier to navigate. They asked for feedback and they listened. Hopefully, the result is something everyone will love.
A feature that many webmasters will be happy to know about is the notification of violations. No longer will they be left in the dark about what is happening. They will know if they have violated the webmaster guidelines and why.
The rules are pretty simple. Create your site that is truly helpful to your users and avoid doing naughty things just to increase your ranking. Linking to bad sites, hidden texts or links, installing viruses, trojans or other badware are just a few of the reasons why your URL will not be included in any Google index.
You dont even need to look far to know if you have a violation. Google notifies you directly on the summary page of your account. They also place a link to webmasters guidelines so you can double check that your site is once again in proper form to be included in Googles index this is the second new feature.
Google does not want...