Google siteap

[Roy]

Hi Thorsten,

The google sitemap does not include news items. Is it a bug or is there any logic to this?

Please also note that Google, Yahoo and Microsoft support the same protocol now so maybe future versions of the search engine sitemaps could correspond to this protocol. http://www.sitemaps.org

Thanks
Roy

[matteo]

Hi Roy,

The google sitemap does not include news items. Is it a bug or is there any logic to this?

It is by design: when we implemented it we thought only to faq and not to news (see both forum and devblog for any reference). Do you think that news should be added to the sitemap of a faq system? The only issue is that we cannot give a dynamic value to <priority/> 'cause we do not have any data about the visits of a news (whilst that's true for faq records).

Please also note that Google, Yahoo and Microsoft support the same protocol now so maybe future versions of the search engine sitemaps could correspond to this protocol. http://www.sitemaps.org

We know that : we need just the time to align the current code.

Stay tuned & keep trusting the PMF Team and phpMyFAQ!
Ciao,
Matteo

[Roy]

Hi Matteo,

I believe that some users will find it useful and some will not, so if it is not too complicated to code, it should appear as an option in admin> configuration.

As for the priority issue, since news become less and less relevant over time I believe it should be prioritized according to the time of its creation i.e news created less then 7 days ago=1.0, news created 8-30 days ago=0.8, news created 31-60 days ago=0.5, and news older than 60 days=0.0.

Ciao (I like that word )
Roy

[matteo]

Hi Roy,

As for the priority issue, since news become less and less relevant over time I believe it should be prioritized according to the time of its creation i.e news created less then 7 days ago=1.0, news created 8-30 days ago=0.8, news created 31-60 days ago=0.5, and news older than 60 days=0.0.

nice idea! We'll add this enh, I think, just after the 2.0.0 shipment

Ciao,
Matteo