Google were first to introduce site maps and then Yahoo! quickly followed suit. So far I have only used them for one of my websites www.writing-for-profit.com and I have to say it has helped maintain my No.l spot out of 44,900,000 competitive web pages at Google. With the hullabaloo going on right now about the significance of site maps I would be doing you less than justice not to mention them and I can do no better than reproduce this informative article on the subject with the compliments of the author ...