Google found links in RSS feeds

In the official blog for webmasters, Google announced the expansion of the functionality of the search crawler, which clogs the address in the base for indexing. Now he has learned to extract URLs from RSS / Atom feeds. It is possible that these links will also be used to calculate PageRank. Soon, many sites in order to search engine optimization will certainly begin to move to full-text feeds with a large number of internal links.

Basically, adding a site to an index has never been a problem. Even if there were no inbound links to the site, it could be added to the Google index by simply opening the browser with the Google Toolbar installed. Alternatively, you can add a URL on a special page for adding new sites. Now it’s enough to subscribe to his feed in Google Reader.

New feature not only helps to find new sites, but allows you to index new content in near real time mode. True, it is somewhat surprising that Google has just now learned how to work with RSS, but the matter has clearly shifted from the dead point. Their plans now include push-bot integration PubSubHubbub , which allows you to index feeds almost instantly after the update.