Bellamont Topiary :: Before and After
Published: October 2006
Google Sitemaps
23rd October 2006
Google Sitemaps
Over the past few months we've been adding Google Sitemaps to any of our sites that we've been working on.
This was initially as a bit of an experiment to see exactly how this interesting service worked, but has become an integral part of our site development process as we've become more familiar with them.
The Google Sitemaps service appears to serve a number of purposes. From our point of view it gives us a chance to notify Google of any changes and additions to a site that we're working on so Google can keep it's cache and records up to date, and in turn it gives us the opportunity to read reports on Google's search statistics for our sites too.
The results so far have been very promising. We're quickly able to see if we're on target with optimising our sites for the particular market or purpose that they relate to.With Bellamont Topiary Google Sitemaps have proven our approach to improving Bellamont's listing as a prime topiary website.
Today the sitemaps confirmed this, showing that it ranks on average at Number 5 in all searches for the word Topiary. To me that means that the site's a success, at least insofar as it it properly listed on the search engines.Similarly our recent Higher Holway Farm B&B site has also had a Google Sitemap added and that too is confirming our approach to search engine optimisation. Admittedly as a B&B it is a tougher market to crack, but already we are seeing stats that give us cause for optimism.
As site designers, a Google Sitemap seems to be a really useful tool to help with creating great sites that not only look appealing, but also work effectively as the marketing / advertising tool that they're intended to be.