According to Google:

We especially recommend using a News sitemap if your site is new, has dynamic content or requires users to follow several links to reach your news content.

The new schema:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <urlset xmlns="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap/0.84" xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9"> <url> <loc>http://example.com/article123.html</loc> <news:news> <news:publication_date> 2006-08-14T03:30:00Z </news:publication_date> <news:keywords>Business, Mergers, Acquisitions</news:keywords> </news:news> </url> </urlset>

Additional Information on News Sitemap
http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=74288&topic=10078

It would be great if the default generated RSS feed in NA will follow this format. :)

Ya, Certainly I've confused.

Anyway, I think using ifinity Google Sitemap would be an easier way to adapt the news sitemap, although the current ifinity sitemap for NA is using standard sitemap format.

If the both ifinity and NA module can tide up together in one pack, that would be smart product aliance.

Yes, but unfortunately, iFinity Google Sitemap is not working for dual language DNN websites... And that's a pity, I have already asked Scott and Bruce, and nothing went out.... Bruce does not have time to modify a free module he said... That's a pity, because his module is great... I already have a long thread there to explain the problems

http://www.ifinity.com.au/Products/Support_Forums/forumid/5/threadid/109/scope/posts/

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I would be willing to pay for this big time. The publicity for my sites, resulting traffic and pank rankings would be worth every penny. Any chance of Ventrian working on this?  :-)

As far as I have understood, Bruce does not want to invest time in it, since NA is changing frequently, he can not ensure that his sitemap will work with it. Therefore, for dual language website, a correct sitemap is still missing. I also think that a Ventrian solution would be great !

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