Are You Using Google Video Sitemap For Your Website?

Have you always been feeling that the videos in your website are not getting the visibility they deserve? Do you think that Google is ignoring your online videos? Are your efforts to promote your website online through videos is not returning the expected results? It is probably because Google has not indexed your video files properly or it is because they are unable to access or index your video files for some reason. One of the things that you should do immediately is to create a video sitemap.

Not many people know that there is something called video sitemap. Google’s video sitemap is a special extension from Google’s sitemap module that integrates the video content embedded in a website to the website’s metadata. In your video sitemap, you will have to provide information such as the duration of the video, title of the video along with a good description which is also keyword rich. This will help Googlebot to index your video files properly. You should also include the play URL of your video, thumbnail URL of your video. Each video sitemap file can have up to 50,000 video URLs. In case your website should have more than 50,000 video URLs, then you can submit multiple sitemaps. Also when you are submitting your video sitemaps, you need to make sure that each sitemap file does not exceed 10MB in uncompressed format.

Google video sitemap is supported for wide range of file types including .asf, .avi, .flv, .mpg, .mpeg, .mp4, .mov, .ra, .ram, .rm, and .wmv. However, it is important that the video files do not include any streaming media and that they are available through HTTP directly.

You can submit your Google Video Sitemap through Google webmaster tools. You need to choose the Add sitemap option and choose the appropriate type of sitemap that you are loading. Adding your Google video sitemap is a very simple process yet many webmasters do not add this video sitemap either because they are not aware of Google video sitemap or because they are not aware of the importance of adding this sitemap to get your video files indexed properly.

When you add Google video sitemap, you will be able to get your videos listed in Google video searches. So if you have not already submitted your Google video sitemap, it is high time that you submitted your sitemap and give your website the visibility that they deserve.
When you do submit your video sitemap make sure that you create relevant title for your videos and suitable description. This will help Google understand the content of your video. By making your description keyword rich, you will be able to get listed for the right keywords and send targeted traffic to your online videos. Given the benefits of submitting Google video sitemaps, it is worth taking the time and effort to create your Google video sitemaps. Remember that your video sitemap should be submitted in addition to the regular Google sitemap and it does not replace your regular Google sitemap.

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