Let’s all hold hands, Google and Yahoo are.

Standardization is something we need more of on the Web, and it looks like Google and Yahoo are leading the way with their latest sitemaps initiative. Google and Yahoo (and I think MSN) have agreed to standardize the way they read information from sites through sitemaps. Sitemaps may seem like a hum-drum, boring, old school interface feature, but they are actually very useful if you know how to use them.

FROM WIKIPEDIA: A site map (or sitemap) is a web page that lists the pages on a web site, typically organized in hierarchical fashion. This helps visitors and search enginebots find pages on the site. Site maps can improve search engine optimization of a site by making sure that all the pages can be found.

I caught a video from the Web Pro News where they conduct a gripping interview with people from Google and Yahoo. Check it out for more insight. I remember the Yahoo guy in the interview from the old Webmaster World days when we were thinking about SEO consulting…old days? That’s was only a year ago.