Stay organized with collectionsSave and categorize content based on your preferences.
Friday, July 16, 2010
We know that some of you, or your clients or colleagues, may be new to online video publishing.
To make it easier for everyone to understand video indexing and Video Sitemaps, we've created a
video—narrated by Nelson Lee, Video Search Product Manager—that explains everything in
basic terms:
Also, last month we wrote about somebest practicesfor getting video content indexed on Google. Today, to help beginners better understand the whys
and hows of implementing a Video Sitemap, we added astarting pageto the information on Video Sitemaps in the Webmaster Help Center. Please take a look and share
your thoughts.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],[],[[["\u003cp\u003eThis post introduces resources for beginners on video indexing and Video Sitemaps, including a video explanation and a starting page.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eGoogle provides best practices for getting video content indexed and has added a new starting page for understanding Video Sitemaps within the Webmaster Help Center.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],["A video narrated by Nelson Lee was created to explain video indexing and Video Sitemaps in basic terms for those new to online video publishing. Additionally, a new starting page was added to the Webmaster Help Center, providing guidance on implementing Video Sitemaps. This builds upon previous best practices for getting video content indexed on Google, published the previous month. The public is encouraged to review these resources.\n"],null,["# Video Sitemaps 101: Making your videos searchable\n\nFriday, July 16, 2010\n\n\nWe know that some of you, or your clients or colleagues, may be new to online video publishing.\nTo make it easier for everyone to understand video indexing and Video Sitemaps, we've created a\nvideo---narrated by Nelson Lee, Video Search Product Manager---that explains everything in\nbasic terms: \n\n\nAlso, last month we wrote about some\n[best practices](/search/blog/2010/06/google-videos-best-practices)\nfor getting video content indexed on Google. Today, to help beginners better understand the whys\nand hows of implementing a Video Sitemap, we added a\n[starting page](/search/docs/crawling-indexing/sitemaps/video-sitemaps)\nto the information on Video Sitemaps in the Webmaster Help Center. Please take a look and share\nyour thoughts.\n\nPosted by Amy MacIsaac, Content Partnerships"]]
