Benefits of XML sitemaps to search-optimize Flash sites

Below is an example of a validated XML sitemap for a simple three page web site. Sitemaps are a useful tool for making sites built in Flash and other non-html languages searchable. Note that because the website's navigation is built with Flash (Adobe), the initial homepage of a site developed in this way would probably be found by an automated search program (ref: bot) However, the subsequent pages are unlikely to be found without an XML sitemap.



 XML sitemap example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<urlset xmlns="http://www.example.com/sitemap/0.9">

<url>

<loc>http://www.example.com/?id=who</loc>

<lastmod> 2009-09-22</lastmod>

<changefreq>monthly</changefreq>

<priority>0.8</priority>

</url>

<url>

<loc>http://www.example.com/?id=what</loc>

<lastmod> 2009-09-22</lastmod>

<changefreq>monthly</changefreq>

<priority>0.5</priority>

</url>

<url>

<loc>http://www.example.com/?id=how</loc>

<lastmod> 2009-09-22</lastmod>

<changefreq>monthly</changefreq>

<priority>0.5</priority>

</url>

</urlset>