3 大搜尋引擎 Google, Yahoo! 及 Microsoft 宣佈，他們會使用相同的 Sitemaps Protocol 檢索網頁。同時在 Sitemaps.org 有指示給網主如何放置 XML 檔案在 server 上面，好讓以上 3 個搜尋引擎可以追蹤網頁更新。這個 protocol 是採用 Creative Commons (CC) license 釋出，也邀請了其他搜尋引擎一同使用。
有了一個共同使用的標準，對於檢索網頁會更加容易。另外，如果是使用了 Google Sitemaps 的話，那便不用做任何改動，Yahoo! 及 Microsoft 現在會同時檢索。以下是以上搜尋引擎的宣佈:
Official Google Webmaster Central Blog
Yahoo! Search Blog
Live Search's WebLog
Sitebases, the next protocol after Sitemaps
It can save the time and press for the search engine, also for the websites.
It can bring new search engine that named Search Engine 2.0 .
Using Sitebases protocol, will save 95% bandwidth above. It is another sample for long tail theory.
In this protocol, I suggested that all search engine can share their Big Sitebases each other, so the webmaster just need to submit their Sitebases to one Search Engine.
And I suggested that all search engines can open their search API for free and unlimited using.
Please visit: http://www.sitebases.org
Comment by Hong Xiaowan — November 29, 2006 @ 11:12 pm