To create a ROR sitemap you can do this from scratch using notepad or try rorweb which will give you a bare bones format after crawling your website. They also offer a desk top version that gives a larger sitemap, allowing more objects to be listed. Once you have a barebones format you can come back and start to manipulate the file to reflect what you would like to tell the search engines.

 

Once you have created a ROR sitemap you will want to submit it for inclusion in sites that will help distribute your sitemap a few of these are

 

AddMe.com (product feed submission)

Burf.com (sitemap submission)

RORseek.com (sitemap submission)

RORxml.com (ror file submission)

RORweb.com (ror file submission)

 

Terminology used in creating a ROR is reletavly extensive with descriptive terms being allowed for Address, AffiliatePrograms, Alert, App, Article, Podcast, Product, Tip, Feed, Newsletter, Forum, Webpage, Person, Friend and much more. Each of these attributes have other attributes that help describe more about the object.

 

 

ROR is a fast growing way that allows a webmaster to help the search engines. It helps them understand your site better and ascertain the relevance for your site faster and more accurately.