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Jens Korff
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Mike at Green-Beast.com
Sent: Monday, 10 March 2008 12:52 AM
To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Subject: Sitemap and accessibility
>> I didn't know robots text
>> was important for accessibility, however I learned from the
>> accessites team that it is.
Tee,
The reasons we (Accessites) look for a robots.txt file is because it
keeps honest bots from wasting their time and your bandwidth indexing
directories/files you don't want indexed. We don't look at this as part
of a web accessibility requirement. Our focus is on quality sites for
which accessibility must be an integral part. Thus, we like to see
things like a robots.txt file, PICS label, semantics, good looks, and
more, of course.
Regarding a site map, that we like to see for accessibility and not for
bots at all. A site map is important to accessibility as some user will
seek out a site map right away to grasp a site's overview and offerings.
For some users, this is the best way to begin the exploration of a site.
In my opinion, html site maps don't have anything to do with indexing
other than just being another indexable page.
It is my understanding, though, that an XML site map can help indexing
but being that I've never used one or looked into it much, I can neither
confirm or deny this.
Sorry for the misunderstanding.
Respectfully,
Mike Cherim
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