InfoWorld: Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Partner on Open Source Search Protocol | Linux Today

InfoWorld: Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Partner on Open Source Search Protocol

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 16, 2006

“Strange bedfellows Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have partnered
to simplify how webmasters and online publishers submit their
sites’ content for indexing in the companies’ search engines.

“In a rare collaborative effort, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo,
which compete directly in Internet search and other online
services, plan to announce on Thursday their support for the open
source, Sitemap Protocol based on XML (Extensible Markup
Language)…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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