Comments on: Google Maps indexing and mapping geoRSS & KML files http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/01/21/google-maps-indexing-and-mapping-georss-kml-files/ Developing Knowledge about Local Search Thu, 23 May 2013 17:58:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: New Web based KML & Geo Sitemap Tool Released | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/01/21/google-maps-indexing-and-mapping-georss-kml-files/comment-page-1/#comment-446676 New Web based KML & Geo Sitemap Tool Released | Understanding Google Maps & Local Search Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:31:45 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/01/21/google-maps-indexing-and-mapping-georss-kml-files/#comment-446676 [...] the web for geo signals that reinforce their understanding of your business and its location. Since October 2007 Google has been indexing both geoRSS and KML files for inclusion in the Maps index as user [...]

]]> By: Local SEO Tip: Google Maps loves Panoramio’s Geotagged Images » Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local Search http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/01/21/google-maps-indexing-and-mapping-georss-kml-files/comment-page-1/#comment-328336 Local SEO Tip: Google Maps loves Panoramio’s Geotagged Images » Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local Search Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:22:11 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/01/21/google-maps-indexing-and-mapping-georss-kml-files/#comment-328336 [...] geotagged photos in a given area. Google has added geotagging to Blogger and Maps has long been indexing KML files & the related photos for georeferences. Clearly Google Maps & Earth like end user generated georeferenced data and [...]

]]> By: Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local Search » Google Maps: KML for authority and ranking? | Developing Knowledge about Local Search http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/01/21/google-maps-indexing-and-mapping-georss-kml-files/comment-page-1/#comment-260877 Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local Search » Google Maps: KML for authority and ranking? | Developing Knowledge about Local Search Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:18:36 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/01/21/google-maps-indexing-and-mapping-georss-kml-files/#comment-260877 [...] also know that Google is indexing and storing the geo web made up of KML files and geoRSS feeds and has been doing so for almost a year. Given [...]

]]> By: Google on Local Search: “Always changing how we determine relevancy” | CityMarketer.com http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/01/21/google-maps-indexing-and-mapping-georss-kml-files/comment-page-1/#comment-246881 Google on Local Search: “Always changing how we determine relevancy” | CityMarketer.com Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:31:42 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/01/21/google-maps-indexing-and-mapping-georss-kml-files/#comment-246881 [...] 2) Use a Geo Sitemap, called a KML file. How to create a Geo Sitemap KML file, and more on Geo Sitemaps [...]

]]> By: Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local Search » Google confirms interest in your KML Sitemap | Developing Knowledge about Local Search http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/01/21/google-maps-indexing-and-mapping-georss-kml-files/comment-page-1/#comment-244272 Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local Search » Google confirms interest in your KML Sitemap | Developing Knowledge about Local Search Thu, 29 May 2008 12:44:14 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/01/21/google-maps-indexing-and-mapping-georss-kml-files/#comment-244272 [...] location kml in sitemap. It has been clear that Google has been scouring the web looking for and indexing KML files and it stood to reason that having a KML file associated with your website would give Google clear [...]

]]> By: Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local Search » Google Experimental Map View: A look into the future of local search | Developing Knowledge about Local Search http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/01/21/google-maps-indexing-and-mapping-georss-kml-files/comment-page-1/#comment-195320 Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local Search » Google Experimental Map View: A look into the future of local search | Developing Knowledge about Local Search Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:13:02 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/01/21/google-maps-indexing-and-mapping-georss-kml-files/#comment-195320 [...] the Google Maps API being used by a large number of vertical search engines like Trulia and their widespread indexing of geotagged information, Google has a significant trove of geo referenced data to bring to the local search [...]

]]> By: Mike Blumenthal http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/01/21/google-maps-indexing-and-mapping-georss-kml-files/comment-page-1/#comment-192640 Mike Blumenthal Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:09:25 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/01/21/google-maps-indexing-and-mapping-georss-kml-files/#comment-192640 Barry-

I live in the foot hills of the Appalachian Mountains but the tourist & business marketers have named our area the “Enchanted Mountains”. Not sure the geographic requirement to be a mountain but the marketers didn’t care…..I found it curious that in all of England no one claimed to have a mountain but rather it was a country of “hills”…you need some good ol’ american self promotion. :)

Thanks again for all of these tidbits. I just received a Wintec G-rays 2 GPS Data Logger (probably low rent stuff from your point of view but I had a $100 limit) to see if I can easily geotag my photos…..I purchased HoudahGeo from a fellow from the Netherlands & I am off to learn it over the next few days. I’ll let you know what I don’t understand! :)

Mike

]]> By: Barry Hunter http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/01/21/google-maps-indexing-and-mapping-georss-kml-files/comment-page-1/#comment-192543 Barry Hunter Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:36:59 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/01/21/google-maps-indexing-and-mapping-georss-kml-files/#comment-192543 Flush Brackets – wont bore you with the details, suffice to say they are markers installed by out national mapping Agency Ordnance Survey, to record and help measure height above sea level. Its a pastime to go and visit these :) [I am more into the Trigpoints - the top one - myself]

Hills – not totally sure what you mean, but the source for that layer called itself the ‘Database of British hills’, and doesnt have a nice accessible website. Also never got round to making a nice accessible version of that mashup, it could be so much more!

:)

]]> By: Mike Blumenthal http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/01/21/google-maps-indexing-and-mapping-georss-kml-files/comment-page-1/#comment-192519 Mike Blumenthal Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:57:33 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/01/21/google-maps-indexing-and-mapping-georss-kml-files/#comment-192519 OK Barry just two more questions:

What are “Wall Flush Brackets”?

Does the mashup of “Hills: Database of British Hills” reflect understated British humour? or is it a case of self deprecation? :)

Mike

]]> By: Barry Hunter http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/01/21/google-maps-indexing-and-mapping-georss-kml-files/comment-page-1/#comment-192496 Barry Hunter Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:22:05 +0000 http://blumenthals.com/blog/2008/01/21/google-maps-indexing-and-mapping-georss-kml-files/#comment-192496 It begin with it was in the main web search results, where the KML files where showing in preference to the website – that partly has been made better by the websearch being more aware of what KML file is (or rather that its not a webpage – much like feeds are now generally excluded from web results) – prioritising with a sitemap was a quick win there (unless it was a red-herring and Google tweaked it their end anyway!)

Also individual files had great success in the geoindex, partly I guess as these have been in the main web-index for longer (they had been on the site for a long time, but the grouped files where only added around the same time), and being crawlable from normal webpages, gave them authority. On the other hand the grouped files are in their own content island, and where only really discoverable from interlinks between files, and the sitemap.xml entries.

As time has progressed and the grouped files have had time to be indexed, they now do about as well as the single files, and at a quick glance its about a 50-50 split. So I guess it is tending toward ‘bulk’ files, we just had early success with single files, as we caught the uprising in the geoweb ;)

- I really should put together a timeline, to summerise all this :)

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