Blog entry: "Using Sitemaps to Your Advantage" by Jason Cormier. Discusses the importance of getting exposure on the web and how Sitemaps help search engines discover the pages on your website. Links to script and website-based generators are provided.

Article: "Sitemaps and SEO–Do Sitemaps Help Your Google PageRank?" by Philip Nicosia. Explains how search engines like Google use Sitemaps, and how providing Sitemaps may affect the Google PageRank of your site.

Article: "How Sitemaps Can Improve Your Search Engine Rankings" by Ross Dunn. Learn how to create a site map web page and a Sitemap specifically for Search Engines; explains the importance of site maps and Sitemaps.

Blog entry posted by Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz.com entitled, “My Advice on Google Sitemaps—Verify, but Don’t Submit,” argues that submitting a Sitemap for indexing actually robs webmasters of valuable information gained from natural indexing by search engine spiders. Includes feedback and discussion from the SEOmoz community.

Article: "Google Sitemaps and Your SEO Strategy" by Ben Cortese. Explains the advantages of using Google Sitemaps for search engine optimization, tools to create the Sitemap file, and how to let Google know about your Sitemap file.

Article: "Create a Website Sitemap – SEO Tip Week 6" by Shell Harris. This article explains why to create a Sitemap for your website, such as easier indexing by search engines, and that a site map can become a source of quality links to your own pages.

Article: "Sitemaps 101 – Back to SEO School" by Niall Roche. This article explains the importance of building a sitemap, what a Sitemap is, the rules for creating an effective Sitemaps, and the structure of the Sitemap file.

Article: "Search Engine Optimization with Google Sitemaps" by Matthew Coers. Explains what a Google Sitemap is, why you should use Google Sitemaps, what you can tell Google about your site, what Google can tell you about your site, additional benefits of the Sitemaps program, and how to get started with Google Sitemaps.