Google Unveils Sitemaps Tool

The Sitemaps program aims to optimize Google's crawling activities, leading to better search results, and to give site owners more input into how their sites are crawled. The process involves a site owner creating and posting an XML file on the site's server describing which pages on the site should be indexed, when those pages were last updated, how often they're updated, and how important each page is relative to others on the site. Google created an open-source tool, Sitemap Generator, to assist in the process. | read more: Google Unveils Sitemaps Tool

Google's Human Quality Evaluation:

The Google testers are paid $10 - $20 for each hour they filter the results of Google. Payment is done through Payroll. The international agents are instructed by the Human Quality Evaluation Team of Google. How does Google decide if a site is offensive or not?

Google's Human Quality Evaluation: How To Spot Offensive Sites & Google's Whitelist - Henk van Ess's Search Bistro