Less than 10 days ago, Social Marketing Journal posted about Google’s new video sitemap support. I knew it was just a matter of time before someone came out with a video sitemap generator. I just didn’t know it would happen so soon.
Video Sitemap Pro by Marc Liron looks promising, but remember that it’s in its first phase. Tweaks and new versions are already on the promise table. Does that mean it’s a bad product? No. It just means that, like no other new product, we can’t expect perfection on the first try. Nevertheless, if you do any viral video marketing then this looks like a product worth giving a try. Video sitemaps will make your videos more Google-friendly and give you some juice to help them be found more easily by video searchers. I believe this is a good second step to make the Web a better viral tool for all. Google took the first step when it announced its support for video sitemaps. The only question now is, What steps will follow to put viral video marketing on the same par as, say, pay per click advertising, and e-mail marketing?
Interesting article. It would be great to see an example of how this looks and describe how it differs from a conventional site map.